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From: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
To: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
	"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/8] format-patch: infer cover letter from branch description
Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 22:44:30 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e3b8c96b1cfa3e5d642cde794bf6aac7d2ff0d57.1558492582.git.liu.denton@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1558492582.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>

We used to populate the subject of the cover letter generated by
git-format-patch with "*** SUBJECT HERE ***". However, if a user submits
multiple patchsets, they may want to keep a consistent subject between
rerolls.

If git-format-patch is run with `--infer-cover-letter` or
`format.inferCoverSubject`, infer the subject for the cover letter from
the top line(s) of a branch description, similar to how a subject is
read from a commit message.

Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config/format.txt    |  5 +++
 Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 10 ++++++
 builtin/log.c                      | 58 ++++++++++++++++++------------
 t/t4014-format-patch.sh            | 33 +++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt
index dc77941c48..c8b28fe47f 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/format.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ format.subjectPrefix::
 	The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
 	subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
 
+format.<branch-name>.inferCoverSubject::
+	A boolean that controls whether or not to infer the subject for
+	the cover letter based on the branch's description. See the
+	--infer-cover-subject option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
 format.signature::
 	The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
 	the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 4e180bbfbb..f54aecf4bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 		   [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
 		   [--in-reply-to=<Message-Id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
 		   [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
+		   [--[no-]infer-cover-subject]
 		   [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<Subject-Prefix>]
 		   [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
 		   [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
@@ -170,6 +171,14 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
 	patches being generated, and any patch that matches is
 	ignored.
 
+--[no-]infer-cover-subject::
+	Instead of using the default "*** SUBJECT HERE ***" subject for
+	the cover letter, infer the subject from the branch's
+	description.
++
+Similar to a commit message, the subject is inferred as the beginning of
+the description up to and excluding the first blank line.
+
 --subject-prefix=<Subject-Prefix>::
 	Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject
 	line, instead use '[<Subject-Prefix>]'. This
@@ -346,6 +355,7 @@ with configuration variables.
 	signOff = true
 	outputDirectory = <directory>
 	coverLetter = auto
+	inferCoverSubject = true
 ------------
 
 
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index e43ee12fb1..617f074d60 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ static const char *signature = git_version_string;
 static const char *signature_file;
 static int config_cover_letter;
 static const char *config_output_directory;
+static int infer_cover_subject;
 
 enum {
 	COVER_UNSET,
@@ -864,6 +865,10 @@ static int git_format_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 			from = NULL;
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "format.infercoversubject")) {
+		infer_cover_subject = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	return git_log_config(var, value, cb);
 }
@@ -970,20 +975,6 @@ static void print_signature(FILE *file)
 	putc('\n', file);
 }
 
-static void add_branch_description(struct strbuf *buf, const char *branch_name)
-{
-	struct strbuf desc = STRBUF_INIT;
-	if (!branch_name || !*branch_name)
-		return;
-	read_branch_desc(&desc, branch_name);
-	if (desc.len) {
-		strbuf_addch(buf, '\n');
-		strbuf_addbuf(buf, &desc);
-		strbuf_addch(buf, '\n');
-	}
-	strbuf_release(&desc);
-}
-
 static char *find_branch_name(struct rev_info *rev)
 {
 	int i, positive = -1;
@@ -1034,13 +1025,17 @@ static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_stdout,
 			      struct commit *origin,
 			      int nr, struct commit **list,
 			      const char *branch_name,
+			      int infer_subject,
 			      int quiet)
 {
 	const char *committer;
-	const char *body = "*** SUBJECT HERE ***\n\n*** BLURB HERE ***\n";
-	const char *msg;
+	const char *subject = "*** SUBJECT HERE ***";
+	const char *body = "*** BLURB HERE ***";
+	const char *description = NULL;
 	struct shortlog log;
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf description_sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf subject_sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int i;
 	const char *encoding = "UTF-8";
 	int need_8bit_cte = 0;
@@ -1068,17 +1063,34 @@ static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_stdout,
 	if (!branch_name)
 		branch_name = find_branch_name(rev);
 
-	msg = body;
+	if (branch_name && *branch_name)
+		read_branch_desc(&description_sb, branch_name);
+
+	if (description_sb.len) {
+		if (infer_subject) {
+			description = format_subject(&subject_sb, description_sb.buf, " ");
+			subject = subject_sb.buf;
+		} else {
+			description = description_sb.buf;
+		}
+	}
+
 	pp.fmt = CMIT_FMT_EMAIL;
 	pp.date_mode.type = DATE_RFC2822;
 	pp.rev = rev;
 	pp.print_email_subject = 1;
 	pp_user_info(&pp, NULL, &sb, committer, encoding);
-	pp_title_line(&pp, &msg, &sb, encoding, need_8bit_cte);
-	pp_remainder(&pp, &msg, &sb, 0);
-	add_branch_description(&sb, branch_name);
+	pp_title_line(&pp, &subject, &sb, encoding, need_8bit_cte);
+	pp_remainder(&pp, &body, &sb, 0);
+	if (description) {
+		strbuf_addch(&sb, '\n');
+		strbuf_addstr(&sb, description);
+		strbuf_addch(&sb, '\n');
+	}
 	fprintf(rev->diffopt.file, "%s\n", sb.buf);
 
+	strbuf_release(&description_sb);
+	strbuf_release(&subject_sb);
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
 
 	shortlog_init(&log);
@@ -1554,6 +1566,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "rfc", &rev, NULL,
 			    N_("Use [RFC PATCH] instead of [PATCH]"),
 			    PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, rfc_callback },
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "infer-cover-subject", &infer_cover_subject,
+			    N_("infer a cover letter subject from the branch description")),
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "subject-prefix", &rev, N_("prefix"),
 			    N_("Use [<prefix>] instead of [PATCH]"),
 			    PARSE_OPT_NONEG, subject_prefix_callback },
@@ -1617,8 +1631,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	extra_to.strdup_strings = 1;
 	extra_cc.strdup_strings = 1;
 	init_log_defaults();
-	git_config(git_format_config, NULL);
 	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &rev, prefix);
+	git_config(git_format_config, NULL);
 	rev.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_EMAIL;
 	rev.expand_tabs_in_log_default = 0;
 	rev.verbose_header = 1;
@@ -1893,7 +1907,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (thread)
 			gen_message_id(&rev, "cover");
 		make_cover_letter(&rev, use_stdout,
-				  origin, nr, list, branch_name, quiet);
+				  origin, nr, list, branch_name, infer_cover_subject, quiet);
 		print_bases(&bases, rev.diffopt.file);
 		print_signature(rev.diffopt.file);
 		total++;
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index 3423f974bc..4cb6b9edfa 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -1469,6 +1469,39 @@ test_expect_success 'format patch ignores color.ui' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cover letter with config subject' '
+	test_config branch.rebuild-1.description "config subject
+
+body" &&
+	test_config format.inferCoverSubject true &&
+	git checkout rebuild-1 &&
+	git format-patch --stdout --cover-letter master >actual &&
+	grep "^Subject: \[PATCH 0/2\] config subject$" actual &&
+	grep "^body" actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cover letter with command-line subject' '
+	test_config branch.rebuild-1.description "command-line subject
+
+body" &&
+	git checkout rebuild-1 &&
+	git format-patch --stdout --cover-letter --infer-cover-subject master >actual &&
+	grep "^Subject: \[PATCH 0/2\] command-line subject$" actual &&
+	grep "^body" actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cover letter with command-line --no-infer-cover-subject overrides config' '
+	test_config branch.rebuild-1.description "config subject
+
+body" &&
+	test_config format.inferCoverSubject true &&
+	git checkout rebuild-1 &&
+	git format-patch --stdout --cover-letter --no-infer-cover-subject master >actual &&
+	grep "^Subject: \[PATCH 0/2\] \*\*\* SUBJECT HERE \*\*\*$" actual &&
+	grep "^config subject" actual &&
+	grep "^body" actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'cover letter using branch description (1)' '
 	git checkout rebuild-1 &&
 	test_config branch.rebuild-1.description hello &&
-- 
2.22.0.rc1.169.g49223abbf8


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-22  2:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-05 16:24 [PATCH 0/7] teach branch-specific options for format-patch Denton Liu
2019-05-05 16:24 ` [PATCH 1/7] t4014: clean up style Denton Liu
2019-05-05 16:24 ` [PATCH 2/7] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-05-05 16:24 ` [PATCH 3/7] branch.c: extract read_branch_config function Denton Liu
2019-05-05 16:24 ` [PATCH 4/7] format-patch: make cover letter subject configurable Denton Liu
2019-05-05 16:24 ` [PATCH 5/7] format-patch: move extra_headers logic later Denton Liu
2019-05-05 16:24 ` [PATCH 6/7] string-list: create string_list_append_all Denton Liu
2019-05-05 16:24 ` [PATCH 7/7] format-patch: read branch-specific To: and Cc: headers Denton Liu
2019-05-07  8:56 ` [PATCH 0/7] teach branch-specific options for format-patch Junio C Hamano
2019-05-07 14:19   ` Denton Liu
2019-05-07 15:05     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-05-07 15:21       ` Denton Liu
2019-05-07 15:46         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-05-08  1:45           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-05-31  2:00             ` [RFC PATCH] config: learn the "onbranch:" includeIf condition Denton Liu
2019-05-31 12:58               ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-05-31 13:16                 ` Denton Liu
2019-05-31 17:23                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-05-31 18:44                     ` Denton Liu
2019-05-31 19:33               ` [PATCH v2] " Denton Liu
2019-05-31 20:14                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-06-05  8:02                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-06-05 10:08                 ` Duy Nguyen
2019-06-05 21:21                 ` [PATCH v3] " Denton Liu
2019-06-06 12:52                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-05-17  0:27 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] teach branch-specific options for format-patch Denton Liu
2019-05-17  0:27   ` [PATCH v2 1/6] t4014: clean up style Denton Liu
2019-05-17  0:27   ` [PATCH v2 2/6] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-05-17  0:27   ` [PATCH v2 3/6] format-patch: make cover letter subject configurable Denton Liu
2019-05-17  0:27   ` [PATCH v2 4/6] format-patch: move extra_headers logic later Denton Liu
2019-05-17  0:27   ` [PATCH v2 5/6] string-list: create string_list_append_all Denton Liu
2019-05-17  0:27   ` [PATCH v2 6/6] format-patch: read branch-specific To: and Cc: headers Denton Liu
2019-05-17  4:12   ` [PATCH v2 0/6] teach branch-specific options for format-patch Junio C Hamano
2019-05-17  7:25     ` Denton Liu
2019-05-17 16:54       ` Denton Liu
2019-05-22  2:44   ` [PATCH v3 0/8] " Denton Liu
2019-05-22  2:44     ` [PATCH v3 1/8] t4014: clean up style Denton Liu
2019-05-22  2:44     ` [PATCH v3 2/8] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-05-22  2:44     ` Denton Liu [this message]
2019-05-22  2:44     ` [PATCH v3 4/8] format-patch: move extra_headers logic later Denton Liu
2019-05-22  2:44     ` [PATCH v3 5/8] string-list: create string_list_append_all Denton Liu
2019-05-22  2:44     ` [PATCH v3 6/8] format-patch: read branch-specific To: and Cc: headers Denton Liu
2019-05-22  2:44     ` [PATCH v3 7/8] format-patch: move output_directory logic later Denton Liu
2019-05-22  2:44     ` [PATCH v3 8/8] format-patch: read branch-specific output directory Denton Liu
2019-05-31  0:30     ` [PATCH v3 0/8] teach branch-specific options for format-patch Denton Liu
2019-06-14 21:56     ` [RESEND PATCH " Denton Liu
2019-06-14 21:56       ` [RESEND PATCH v3 1/8] t4014: clean up style Denton Liu
2019-06-14 21:56       ` [RESEND PATCH v3 2/8] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-06-14 21:56       ` [RESEND PATCH v3 3/8] format-patch: infer cover letter from branch description Denton Liu
2019-06-14 21:56       ` [RESEND PATCH v3 4/8] format-patch: move extra_headers logic later Denton Liu
2019-06-14 21:56       ` [RESEND PATCH v3 5/8] string-list: create string_list_append_all Denton Liu
2019-06-14 21:56       ` [RESEND PATCH v3 6/8] format-patch: read branch-specific To: and Cc: headers Denton Liu
2019-06-14 21:56       ` [RESEND PATCH v3 7/8] format-patch: move output_directory logic later Denton Liu
2019-06-14 21:56       ` [RESEND PATCH v3 8/8] format-patch: read branch-specific output directory Denton Liu
2019-10-15  9:06     ` [PATCH v6 0/3] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option (also t4014 cleanup) Denton Liu
2019-10-15  9:06       ` [PATCH v6 1/3] format-patch: replace erroneous and condition Denton Liu
2019-10-15  9:06       ` [PATCH v6 2/3] format-patch: use enum variables Denton Liu
2019-10-15  9:06       ` [PATCH v6 3/3] format-patch: teach --cover-from-description option Denton Liu
2019-10-16  1:28       ` [PATCH v6 0/3] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option (also t4014 cleanup) Junio C Hamano

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