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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
commitaafabe2fc461112daac8c184dd175c6bc9710244 (patch)
tree06d3eec60496b17c309fbc6739f1463385cc7f24
parent63901789bc05e51437442c9283e3716bfadb5b1c (diff)
parent36c16a5b7fff7806b475b5fa07eca3a5179d7fa6 (diff)
downloadgit-aafabe2fc461112daac8c184dd175c6bc9710244.tar.xz
Merge branch 'mf/format-patch-commit-list-format'
Improve the recently introduced `git format-patch --commit-list-format` (formerly `--cover-letter-format`) option, including a new "modern" preset and better CLI ergonomics. * mf/format-patch-commit-list-format: format-patch: --commit-list-format without prefix format-patch: add preset for --commit-list-format format-patch: wrap generate_commit_list_cover() format.commitListFormat: strip meaning from empty docs/pretty-formats: add %(count) and %(total) format-patch: rename --cover-letter-format option format-patch: refactor generate_commit_list_cover pretty.c: better die message %(count) and %(total)
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/format.adoc2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-formats.adoc4
-rw-r--r--builtin/log.c35
-rw-r--r--pretty.c4
-rwxr-xr-xt/t4014-format-patch.sh72
-rwxr-xr-xt/t9902-completion.sh1
7 files changed, 84 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.adoc b/Documentation/config/format.adoc
index ea5ec5df7a..ef1ed1d250 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/format.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/format.adoc
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ 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
- each commit. Default to `shortlog`.
+ each commit. Defaults to `shortlog`.
format.outputDirectory::
Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
index 31fa492335..c52dbcc170 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
[--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
[--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet]
- [--cover-letter-format=<format-spec>]
+ [--commit-list-format=<format-spec>]
[--[no-]encode-email-headers]
[--no-notes | --notes[=<ref>]]
[--interdiff=<previous>]
@@ -323,16 +323,17 @@ feeding the result to `git send-email`.
containing the branch description, shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can
fill in a description in the file before sending it out.
---cover-letter-format=<format-spec>::
- Specify the format in which to generate the commit list of the
- patch series. This option is available if the user wants to use
- an alternative to the default `shortlog` format. The accepted
- values for format-spec are "shortlog" or a format string
- prefixed with `log:`.
+--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)`
- If defined, defaults to the `format.commitListFormat` configuration
+ 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 is relevant only if a cover letter is generated.
+ This option implies the use of `--cover-letter` unless
+ `--no-cover-letter` is given.
--encode-email-headers::
--no-encode-email-headers::
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.adoc b/Documentation/pretty-formats.adoc
index 5405e57a60..2ae0eb11a9 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.adoc
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ The placeholders are:
linkgit:git-rev-list[1])
+%d+:: ref names, like the --decorate option of linkgit:git-log[1]
+%D+:: ref names without the " (", ")" wrapping.
++%(count)+:: the number of a patch within a patch series. Used only in
+ `--commit-list-format` in `format-patch`
++%(total)+:: the total number of patches in a patch series. Used only in
+ `--commit-list-format` in `format-patch`
++%(decorate++`[:<option>,...]`++)++::
ref names with custom decorations. The `decorate` string may be followed by a
colon and zero or more comma-separated options. Option values may contain
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 716ebc2701..ad7b7215fe 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
#include "progress.h"
#include "commit-slab.h"
#include "advice.h"
+#include "utf8.h"
#include "commit-reach.h"
#include "range-diff.h"
@@ -1055,17 +1056,8 @@ static int git_format_config(const char *var, const char *value,
return 0;
}
if (!strcmp(var, "format.commitlistformat")) {
- struct strbuf tmp = STRBUF_INIT;
- strbuf_init(&tmp, 0);
- if (value)
- strbuf_addstr(&tmp, value);
- else
- strbuf_addstr(&tmp, "log:[%(count)/%(total)] %s");
-
FREE_AND_NULL(cfg->fmt_cover_letter_commit_list);
- git_config_string(&cfg->fmt_cover_letter_commit_list, var, tmp.buf);
- strbuf_release(&tmp);
- return 0;
+ return git_config_string(&cfg->fmt_cover_letter_commit_list, var, value);
}
if (!strcmp(var, "format.outputdirectory")) {
FREE_AND_NULL(cfg->config_output_directory);
@@ -1373,22 +1365,26 @@ 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;
- strbuf_init(&commit_line, 0);
rev.total = n;
ctx.rev = &rev;
- for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
- rev.nr = n - i;
- repo_format_commit_message(the_repository, list[i], format,
+ for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
+ rev.nr = i;
+ repo_format_commit_message(the_repository, list[n - i], format,
&commit_line, &ctx);
- fprintf(cover_file, "%s\n", commit_line.buf);
+ strbuf_add_wrapped_text(&wrapped_line, commit_line.buf, 0, 0,
+ MAIL_DEFAULT_WRAP);
+ fprintf(cover_file, "%s\n", wrapped_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,
@@ -1449,6 +1445,11 @@ static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_separate_file,
generate_commit_list_cover(rev->diffopt.file, format, list, nr);
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",
+ list, nr);
+ else if (strchr(format, '%'))
+ generate_commit_list_cover(rev->diffopt.file, format, list, nr);
else
die(_("'%s' is not a valid format string"), format);
@@ -2015,7 +2016,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc,
N_("print patches to standard out")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "cover-letter", &cover_letter,
N_("generate a cover letter")),
- OPT_STRING(0, "cover-letter-format", &cover_letter_fmt, N_("format-spec"),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "commit-list-format", &cover_letter_fmt, N_("format-spec"),
N_("format spec used for the commit list in the cover letter")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "numbered-files", &just_numbers,
N_("use simple number sequence for output file names")),
@@ -2359,6 +2360,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc,
cover_letter_fmt = cfg.fmt_cover_letter_commit_list;
if (!cover_letter_fmt)
cover_letter_fmt = "shortlog";
+ } else if (cover_letter == -1) {
+ cover_letter = 1;
}
if (cover_letter == -1) {
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index 74673714c8..814803980b 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ static size_t format_commit_one(struct strbuf *sb, /* in UTF-8 */
if (starts_with(placeholder, "(count)")) {
if (!c->pretty_ctx->rev)
- die(_("this format specifier can't be used with this command"));
+ die(_("%s is not supported by this command"), "%(count)");
strbuf_addf(sb, "%0*d", decimal_width(c->pretty_ctx->rev->total),
c->pretty_ctx->rev->nr);
return 7;
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ static size_t format_commit_one(struct strbuf *sb, /* in UTF-8 */
if (starts_with(placeholder, "(total)")) {
if (!c->pretty_ctx->rev)
- die(_("this format specifier can't be used with this command"));
+ die(_("%s is not supported by this command"), "%(total)");
strbuf_addf(sb, "%d", c->pretty_ctx->rev->total);
return 7;
}
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index 7c67bdf922..7517094bd6 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -383,49 +383,73 @@ test_expect_success 'filename limit applies only to basename' '
test_expect_success 'cover letter with subject, author and count' '
rm -rf patches &&
test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
- test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result test_file" &&
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf patches test_file" &&
touch test_file &&
git add test_file &&
git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
- git format-patch --cover-letter \
- --cover-letter-format="log:[%(count)/%(total)] %s (%an)" -o patches HEAD~1 &&
- grep "^\[1/1\] This is a subject (A U Thor)$" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
- test_line_count = 1 result
+ git format-patch --commit-list-format="log:[%(count)/%(total)] %s (%an)" \
+ -o patches HEAD~1 &&
+ test_grep "^\[1/1\] This is a subject (A U Thor)$" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch
'
-test_expected_success 'cover letter with author and count' '
+test_expect_success 'cover letter with custom format no prefix' '
+ rm -rf patches &&
test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
- test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result test_file" &&
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf patches test_file" &&
touch test_file &&
git add test_file &&
git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
- git format-patch --cover-letter \
- --cover-letter-format="log:[%(count)/%(total)] %an" -o patches HEAD~1 &&
- grep "^\[1/1\] A U Thor$" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
- test_line_count = 1 result
+ git format-patch --commit-list-format="[%(count)/%(total)] %s (%an)" \
+ -o patches HEAD~1 &&
+ test_grep "^\[1/1\] This is a subject (A U Thor)$" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch
'
-test_expect_success 'cover letter shortlog' '
+test_expect_success 'cover letter fail when no prefix and no placeholder' '
+ rm -rf patches &&
test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
- test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result test_file" &&
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf patches test_file err" &&
touch test_file &&
git add test_file &&
git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
- git format-patch --cover-letter --cover-letter-format=shortlog \
- -o patches HEAD~1 &&
- sed -n -e "/^A U Thor/p;" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
- test_line_count = 1 result
+ test_must_fail git format-patch --commit-list-format="this should fail" \
+ -o patches HEAD~1 2>err &&
+ test_grep "is not a valid format string" err
'
-test_expect_success 'cover letter no format' '
+test_expect_success 'cover letter modern format' '
+ test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf patches test_file" &&
+ touch test_file &&
+ git add test_file &&
+ git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
+ git format-patch --commit-list-format="modern" -o patches HEAD~1 &&
+ test_grep "^\[1/1\] This is a subject$" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cover letter shortlog format' '
+ test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf expect patches result test_file" &&
+ cat >expect <<-"EOF" &&
+ A U Thor (1):
+ This is a subject
+ EOF
+ touch test_file &&
+ git add test_file &&
+ git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
+ git format-patch --commit-list-format=shortlog -o patches HEAD~1 &&
+ grep -E -A 1 "^A U Thor \([[:digit:]]+\):$" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
+ cat result &&
+ test_cmp expect result
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'no cover letter but with format specified' '
test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result test_file" &&
touch test_file &&
git add test_file &&
git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
- git format-patch --cover-letter -o patches HEAD~1 &&
- sed -n -e "/^A U Thor/p;" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
- test_line_count = 1 result
+ git format-patch --no-cover-letter --commit-list-format="[%(count)] %s" -o patches HEAD~1 &&
+ test_path_is_missing patches/0000-cover-letter.patch
'
test_expect_success 'cover letter config with count, subject and author' '
@@ -450,14 +474,14 @@ test_expect_success 'cover letter config with count and author' '
test_line_count = 2 result
'
-test_expect_success 'cover letter config commitlistformat set but no format' '
+test_expect_success 'cover letter config commitlistformat set to modern' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result" &&
test_when_finished "git config unset format.coverletter" &&
test_when_finished "git config unset format.commitlistformat" &&
git config set format.coverletter true &&
- printf "\tcommitlistformat" >> .git/config &&
+ git config set format.commitlistformat modern &&
git format-patch -o patches HEAD~2 &&
- grep -E "^[[[:digit:]]+/[[:digit:]]+] .*" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
+ grep -E "^[[[:digit:]]+/[[:digit:]]+] .*$" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
test_line_count = 2 result
'
diff --git a/t/t9902-completion.sh b/t/t9902-completion.sh
index 35e20b5351..2f9a597ec7 100755
--- a/t/t9902-completion.sh
+++ b/t/t9902-completion.sh
@@ -2775,7 +2775,6 @@ test_expect_success PERL 'send-email' '
test_completion "git send-email --cov" <<-\EOF &&
--cover-from-description=Z
--cover-letter Z
- --cover-letter-format=Z
EOF
test_completion "git send-email --val" <<-\EOF &&
--validate Z