git/t/t4013/diff.format-patch_--stdout_--cover-letter_-n_initial..master^
Stephen Boyd 6622d9c710 format-patch: Add a signature option (--signature)
By default, git uses the version string as the signature for all
patches output by format-patch. Many employers (mine included)
require the use of a signature on all outgoing mails. In a
format-patch | send-email workflow there isn't an easy way to modify
the signature without breaking the pipe and manually replacing the
version string with the signature required. Instead of doing all that
work, add an option (--signature) and a config variable
(format.signature) to replace the default git version signature when
formatting patches.

This does modify the original behavior of format-patch a bit. First
off the version string is now placed in the cover letter by default.
Secondly, once the configuration variable format.signature is added
to the .config file there is no way to revert back to the default
git version signature. Instead, specifying the --no-signature option
will remove the signature from the patches entirely.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-06-16 10:08:59 -07:00

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$ git format-patch --stdout --cover-letter -n initial..master^
From 9a6d4949b6b76956d9d5e26f2791ec2ceff5fdc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: C O Mitter <committer@example.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:05:00 +0000
Subject: [DIFFERENT_PREFIX 0/2] *** SUBJECT HERE ***
*** BLURB HERE ***
A U Thor (2):
Second
Third
dir/sub | 4 ++++
file0 | 3 +++
file1 | 3 +++
file2 | 3 ---
4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 file1
delete mode 100644 file2
--
g-i-t--v-e-r-s-i-o-n
From 1bde4ae5f36c8d9abe3a0fce0c6aab3c4a12fe44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: A U Thor <author@example.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:01:00 +0000
Subject: [DIFFERENT_PREFIX 1/2] Second
This is the second commit.
---
dir/sub | 2 ++
file0 | 3 +++
file2 | 3 ---
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 file2
diff --git a/dir/sub b/dir/sub
index 35d242b..8422d40 100644
--- a/dir/sub
+++ b/dir/sub
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
A
B
+C
+D
diff --git a/file0 b/file0
index 01e79c3..b414108 100644
--- a/file0
+++ b/file0
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
1
2
3
+4
+5
+6
diff --git a/file2 b/file2
deleted file mode 100644
index 01e79c3..0000000
--- a/file2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-1
-2
-3
--
g-i-t--v-e-r-s-i-o-n
From 9a6d4949b6b76956d9d5e26f2791ec2ceff5fdc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: A U Thor <author@example.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:02:00 +0000
Subject: [DIFFERENT_PREFIX 2/2] Third
---
dir/sub | 2 ++
file1 | 3 +++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 file1
diff --git a/dir/sub b/dir/sub
index 8422d40..cead32e 100644
--- a/dir/sub
+++ b/dir/sub
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ A
B
C
D
+E
+F
diff --git a/file1 b/file1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1e6722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+A
+B
+C
--
g-i-t--v-e-r-s-i-o-n
$