linux-kernel - Re: Would it be better for git-commits-head to have -M -C diffs?

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Date:	Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:09:10 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	James Cloos <cloos@...loos.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Would it be better for git-commits-head to have -M -C diffs?

On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 12:56 -0400, James Cloos wrote:
> Would anyone else prefer to see the posts on the commits list use git's
> copy and move detection?
> 
> Git show (used by the feed-mail-list script) does support -M and -C.

I see no particular reason not to do that. I've spent the whole day
screwing with magic git scripts on master.kernel.org, fixing the
headers-export stuff; I'll do that when I'm finished, if nobody screams.

> I think it would also be useful were the From: header of each message
> set to the commit's Author.  I run each commit through a script to do
> that locally, but the archives would also benefit from that.

It would be nice, but I'm not sure it's a good idea. They aren't always
valid email addresses. Maybe a Reply-To: header, rather than From: ? 

-- 
David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@...el.com                              Intel Corporation

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