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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2026-04-03 13:01:08 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2026-04-03 13:01:08 -0700
commitcd79c76a51f776bf46a849db04ce2cc45c5c5d6d (patch)
tree517de253842e2504ad8d7a77d6069f1fb38ef3e1
parentaafabe2fc461112daac8c184dd175c6bc9710244 (diff)
parent0284046ad01e22b5e794a864a96925791f75353c (diff)
downloadgit-cd79c76a51f776bf46a849db04ce2cc45c5c5d6d.tar.xz
Merge branch 'mf/format-patch-commit-list-format-doc'
Doc updates. * mf/format-patch-commit-list-format-doc: format-patch: removing unconditional wrapping docs: fix --commit-list-format related entries
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/format.adoc2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc24
-rw-r--r--builtin/log.c9
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.adoc b/Documentation/config/format.adoc
index ef1ed1d250..dbd186290b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/format.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/format.adoc
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ format.coverLetter::
format.commitListFormat::
When the `--cover-letter-format` option is not given, `format-patch`
- uses the value of this variable to decide how to format the title of
+ uses the value of this variable to decide how to format the entry of
each commit. Defaults to `shortlog`.
format.outputDirectory::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
index c52dbcc170..5662382450 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
@@ -319,21 +319,21 @@ feeding the result to `git send-email`.
--cover-letter::
--no-cover-letter::
- In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file
- containing the branch description, shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can
- fill in a description in the file before sending it out.
+ In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file containing the
+ branch description, commit list and the overall diffstat. You can fill
+ in a description in the file before sending it out.
--commit-list-format=<format-spec>::
Specify the format in which to generate the commit list of the patch
- series. The accepted values for format-spec are `shortlog`, `modern` or a
- format-string prefixed with `log:`.
- e.g. `log: %s (%an)`
- The user is allowed to drop the prefix if the format-string contains a
- `%<placeholder>`.
- If not given, defaults to the `format.commitListFormat` configuration
- variable.
- This option implies the use of `--cover-letter` unless
- `--no-cover-letter` is given.
+ series. The accepted values for format-spec are `shortlog`, `modern` or
+ a format-string prefixed with `log:`. E.g. `log: %s (%an)`.
+ `modern` is the same as `log:%w(72)[%(count)/%(total)] %s`.
+ The `log:` prefix can be omitted if the format-string has a `%` in it
+ (expecting that it is part of `%<placeholder>`).
+ Defaults to the `format.commitListFormat` configuration variable, if
+ set, or `shortlog`.
+ This option given from the command-line implies the use of
+ `--cover-letter` unless `--no-cover-letter` is given.
--encode-email-headers::
--no-encode-email-headers::
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index ad7b7215fe..8c0939dd42 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -1365,7 +1365,6 @@ static void generate_commit_list_cover(FILE *cover_file, const char *format,
struct commit **list, int n)
{
struct strbuf commit_line = STRBUF_INIT;
- struct strbuf wrapped_line = STRBUF_INIT;
struct pretty_print_context ctx = {0};
struct rev_info rev = REV_INFO_INIT;
@@ -1375,16 +1374,12 @@ static void generate_commit_list_cover(FILE *cover_file, const char *format,
rev.nr = i;
repo_format_commit_message(the_repository, list[n - i], format,
&commit_line, &ctx);
- strbuf_add_wrapped_text(&wrapped_line, commit_line.buf, 0, 0,
- MAIL_DEFAULT_WRAP);
- fprintf(cover_file, "%s\n", wrapped_line.buf);
+ fprintf(cover_file, "%s\n", commit_line.buf);
strbuf_reset(&commit_line);
- strbuf_reset(&wrapped_line);
}
fprintf(cover_file, "\n");
strbuf_release(&commit_line);
- strbuf_release(&wrapped_line);
}
static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_separate_file,
@@ -1446,7 +1441,7 @@ static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_separate_file,
else if (!strcmp(format, "shortlog"))
generate_shortlog_cover_letter(&log, rev, list, nr);
else if (!strcmp(format, "modern"))
- generate_commit_list_cover(rev->diffopt.file, "[%(count)/%(total)] %s",
+ generate_commit_list_cover(rev->diffopt.file, "%w(72)[%(count)/%(total)] %s",
list, nr);
else if (strchr(format, '%'))
generate_commit_list_cover(rev->diffopt.file, format, list, nr);