From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Cc: "Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.email>,
"Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/13] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 09:05:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqblwbkj3a.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqef18knoj.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Mon, 26 Aug 2019 07:26:36 -0700")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Perhaps something like
>> --cover-subject-from-description={true,auto,false}?
>
> Is it still only about "subject"? I thought one of the improved
> behaviour was to populate the subject header with the title
> (i.e. the first, often single-line, paragraph) and use the remainder
> in the body? --use-description-in-cover={both,auto,body} meaning
> "both subject and body gets filled" (among the three this name is I
> am least happy with), "automatically decide---if the first paragraph
> is overly big, it is unwise to use it on the subject", "use it only
> in body" (implying "use the *** SUBJECT HERE *** placeholder on the
> subject header), perhaps?
Ah, I see Philip has suggested "--cover-letter-from-description",
which also sounds better by not focusing too much on the 'subject',
and I have no strong preference between the two.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-26 16:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-19 23:52 [PATCH v2 0/4] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option Denton Liu
2019-08-19 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] t4014: clean up style Denton Liu
2019-08-20 2:41 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-19 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-08-20 2:44 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-20 7:07 ` Denton Liu
2019-08-19 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] config/format.txt: make clear the default value of format.coverLetter Denton Liu
2019-08-20 2:47 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-19 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-letter option Denton Liu
2019-08-20 3:46 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option (also t4014 cleanup) Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] t4014: drop unnecessary blank lines from test cases Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 02/13] t4014: s/expected/expect/ Denton Liu
2019-08-20 21:31 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] t4014: move closing sq onto its own line Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] t4014: use sq for test case names Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] t4014: remove spaces after redirect operators Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] t4014: use indentable here-docs Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] t4014: drop redirections to /dev/null Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] t4014: use test_line_count() where possible Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] t4014: remove confusing pipe in check_threading() Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] t4014: stop losing return codes of git commands Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:31 ` Denton Liu
2019-08-20 19:04 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-08-21 18:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] config/format.txt: specify default value of format.coverLetter Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option Denton Liu
2019-08-21 19:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-23 18:15 ` Denton Liu
2019-08-23 18:46 ` Philip Oakley
2019-08-23 20:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-24 8:03 ` Denton Liu
2019-08-24 13:59 ` Philip Oakley
2019-08-26 14:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-26 14:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-26 16:05 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2019-08-22 20:18 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option (also t4014 cleanup) Junio C Hamano
2019-08-23 18:19 ` Denton Liu
2019-08-23 20:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-24 8:25 ` [PATCH 00/13] format-patch: clean up tests and documentation Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH 01/13] t4014: drop unnecessary blank lines from test cases Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH 02/13] t4014: s/expected/expect/ Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH 03/13] t4014: move closing sq onto its own line Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH 04/13] t4014: use sq for test case names Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH 05/13] t4014: remove spaces after redirect operators Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 06/13] t4014: use indentable here-docs Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 07/13] t4014: drop redirections to /dev/null Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 08/13] t4014: let sed open its own files Denton Liu
2019-08-26 0:42 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 09/13] t4014: use test_line_count() where possible Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 10/13] t4014: remove confusing pipe in check_threading() Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 11/13] t4014: stop losing return codes of git commands Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 12/13] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-08-26 15:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-26 16:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 13/13] config/format.txt: specify default value of format.coverLetter Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:28 ` [PATCH 00/13] format-patch: clean up tests and documentation Denton Liu
2019-08-26 15:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-27 4:04 ` [PATCH v2 " Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:04 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] t4014: drop unnecessary blank lines from test cases Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:04 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] t4014: s/expected/expect/ Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:04 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] t4014: move closing sq onto its own line Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:04 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] t4014: use sq for test case names Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] t4014: remove spaces after redirect operators Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] t4014: use indentable here-docs Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] t4014: drop redirections to /dev/null Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] t4014: let sed open its own files Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] t4014: use test_line_count() where possible Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] t4014: remove confusing pipe in check_threading() Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] t4014: stop losing return codes of git commands Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] config/format.txt: specify default value of format.coverLetter Denton Liu
2019-09-04 11:21 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] format-patch: clean up tests and documentation Denton Liu
2019-09-05 19:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-05 21:40 ` Denton Liu
2019-10-11 19:12 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] format-patch: learn --cover-from-description option Denton Liu
2019-10-11 19:12 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] format-patch: remove erroneous and condition Denton Liu
2019-10-11 19:12 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] format-patch: use enum variables Denton Liu
2019-10-12 2:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-11 19:12 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] format-patch: teach --cover-from-description option Denton Liu
2019-10-12 2:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-11 19:23 ` [PATCH v4 4/3] fixup! " Denton Liu
2019-10-12 4:18 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] format-patch: learn " Junio C Hamano
2019-10-14 20:46 ` [PATCH v5 " Denton Liu
2019-10-14 20:46 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] format-patch: change erroneous and condition Denton Liu
2019-10-15 2:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-15 3:45 ` Denton Liu
2019-10-14 20:47 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] format-patch: use enum variables Denton Liu
2019-10-14 20:47 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] format-patch: teach --cover-from-description option Denton Liu
2019-10-15 2:25 ` Junio C Hamano
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