diff options
| author | Mirko Faina <mroik@delayed.space> | 2026-03-23 17:57:35 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2026-03-23 13:06:59 -0700 |
| commit | 36c16a5b7fff7806b475b5fa07eca3a5179d7fa6 (patch) | |
| tree | 098ab742e268c4bf60b2a572f247b65667cdecff /Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc | |
| parent | d022dc77ab81fcc005b9965e91f524d4a43e74b5 (diff) | |
| download | git-36c16a5b7fff7806b475b5fa07eca3a5179d7fa6.tar.xz | |
format-patch: --commit-list-format without prefix
Having to prefix a custom format-string with "log:" when passed from the
CLI can be annoying. It would be great if this prefix wasn't required.
Teach make_cover_letter() to accept custom format-strings without the
"log:" prefix if a placeholder is detected.
Note that both here and in "git log --format" the check is done naively
by just checking for the presence of a '%'.
Signed-off-by: Mirko Faina <mroik@delayed.space>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc index 55cc680685..c52dbcc170 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc @@ -326,8 +326,10 @@ feeding the result to `git send-email`. --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:`. + 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 |