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Date:   Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:11:22 +0200
From:   Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] format-patch: add --description-file option
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On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 05:22:34PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
>When formatting patches from a detached HEAD, there is no branch
>description to derive the cover letter from. While with format-patch
>one could post-process the generated file (which would be ugly enough),
>scripting that with send-email would be *really* ugly. So add an option
>to feed a description directly.
>