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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc4
-rw-r--r--builtin/log.c2
-rwxr-xr-xt/t4014-format-patch.sh24
3 files changed, 29 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
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index c6cf04350a..ad7b7215fe 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -1448,6 +1448,8 @@ static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_separate_file,
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);
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index 7571cc582b..7517094bd6 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -392,6 +392,30 @@ test_expect_success 'cover letter with subject, author and count' '
test_grep "^\[1/1\] This is a subject (A U Thor)$" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch
'
+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 test_file" &&
+ touch test_file &&
+ git add test_file &&
+ git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
+ 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 fail when no prefix and no placeholder' '
+ rm -rf patches &&
+ test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf patches test_file err" &&
+ touch test_file &&
+ git add test_file &&
+ git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
+ 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 modern format' '
test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches test_file" &&