Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch

2019-08-20 Thread Denton Liu
On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 10:44:03PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 7:53 PM Denton Liu wrote: > > In git-format-patch.txt, we were missing some key user information. > > First of all, using the `--to` and `--cc` options don't override > > `format.to` and `format.cc` variables,

Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch

2019-08-19 Thread Eric Sunshine
On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 7:53 PM Denton Liu wrote: > In git-format-patch.txt, we were missing some key user information. > First of all, using the `--to` and `--cc` options don't override > `format.to` and `format.cc` variables, respectively. They add on to each > other. Document this. This entire

[PATCH v2 2/4] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch

2019-08-19 Thread Denton Liu
In git-format-patch.txt, we were missing some key user information. First of all, using the `--to` and `--cc` options don't override `format.to` and `format.cc` variables, respectively. They add on to each other. Document this. In addition, document the special value of `--base=auto`. Next, while