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authorJiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com>2023-05-16 10:19:48 +0800
committerJiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com>2023-05-16 10:19:48 +0800
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Merge tag 'v2.41.0-rc0'
Git 2.41-rc0 * tag 'v2.41.0-rc0': (508 commits) Git 2.41-rc0 t5583: fix shebang line merge-tree: load default git config fetch: introduce machine-parseable "porcelain" output format fetch: move option related variables into main function fetch: lift up parsing of "fetch.output" config variable fetch: introduce `display_format` enum fetch: refactor calculation of the display table width fetch: print left-hand side when fetching HEAD:foo fetch: add a test to exercise invalid output formats fetch: split out tests for output format fetch: fix `--no-recurse-submodules` with multi-remote fetches The eighteenth batch The seventeenth batch diff-files: integrate with sparse index t1092: add tests for `git diff-files` test: rev-parse-upstream: add missing cmp t: drop "verbose" helper function t7001: use "ls-files --format" instead of "cut" t7001: avoid git on upstream of pipe ...
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@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ To omit patch numbers from the subject, use `-N`.
If given `--thread`, `git-format-patch` will generate `In-Reply-To` and
`References` headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear
-as replies to the first mail; this also generates a `Message-Id` header to
+as replies to the first mail; this also generates a `Message-ID` header to
reference.
OPTIONS
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
--no-thread::
Controls addition of `In-Reply-To` and `References` headers to
make the second and subsequent mails appear as replies to the
- first. Also controls generation of the `Message-Id` header to
+ first. Also controls generation of the `Message-ID` header to
reference.
+
The optional <style> argument can be either `shallow` or `deep`.
@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ series, where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
+
The default is `--no-thread`, unless the `format.thread` configuration
-is set. If `--thread` is specified without a style, it defaults to the
-style specified by `format.thread` if any, or else `shallow`.
+is set. `--thread` without an argument is equivalent to `--thread=shallow`.
+
Beware that the default for 'git send-email' is to thread emails
itself. If you want `git format-patch` to take care of threading, you