From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH] improve doc heading for git-bisect Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 16:01:48 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <20080607070637.79B17C7C0E@rwavmlap> <9af502e50806070906u63e52de4wa0bc4dced0c4d984@mail.gmail.com> <20080608043543.GB11194@sigill.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Robert Anderson , Jakub Narebski , Git Mailing List To: Jeff King X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jun 08 17:04:39 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K5MRi-0004Ec-SE for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:04:39 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753998AbYFHPDP (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:03:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753966AbYFHPDP (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:03:15 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:43292 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753964AbYFHPDO (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:03:14 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 08 Jun 2008 15:03:12 -0000 Received: from pacific.mpi-cbg.de (EHLO [10.8.0.10]) [141.5.10.38] by mail.gmx.net (mp016) with SMTP; 08 Jun 2008 17:03:12 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19ZVk5QT2hZBtayzDi+isbJnjhtn/1Am+xNvrI/UX ta4Sk06b9vWnJo X-X-Sender: gene099@racer In-Reply-To: <20080608043543.GB11194@sigill.intra.peff.net> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (DEB 882 2007-12-20) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Sun, 8 Jun 2008, Jeff King wrote: > On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 09:06:19AM -0700, Robert Anderson wrote: > > > > FYI this line is not necessary, and should be removed from > > > git-format-patch output when pasting it to your MUA. > > > > Err, then shouldn't it be removed from format-patch, rather than > > deleted manually every time format-patch is used? > > As others have pointed out, the usual way for using format-patch is to > create an mbox that you then pull into your MUA (e.g., I do "git > format-patch --stdout origin >mbox; mutt -f mbox"). > > However, sometimes it is desirable to cut and paste, either because it > is inconvenient to bring the message into your MUA this way, or if you > are just putting a commit into an email you have already started > writing. > > I was going to suggest a "--paste" option for format-patch which would > produce a nicer output for cutting and pasting, You still have to move the subject line where it belongs, so I think the value of --paste is limited. You do have to pay attention anyway (for example when imitating how other people do it), so I think the current state should be fine. Ciao, Dscho