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[v1,7/8] doc/format-patch: describe --confirm-overwrite

Message ID 20210506165102.123739-8-firminmartin24@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series format-patch: introduce --confirm-overwrite | expand

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Firmin Martin May 6, 2021, 4:51 p.m. UTC 
Signed-off-by: Firmin Martin <firminmartin24@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

Comments

Bagas Sanjaya May 7, 2021, 3:32 a.m. UTC | #1 
On 06/05/21 23.51, Firmin Martin wrote:
> +always;;
> +never;;
> +	Always/never prompt for confirmation whenever patches or a cover letter
> +	are subject to be overwritten.
> +cover;;
> +	Ask confirmation whenever a cover letter is subject to be overwritten.
> +--

For `always` and `never`, I think s/patches or/patches and\/or
For `cover`, I think s/whenever/whenever only (add `only` after `whenever`
Firmin Martin May 10, 2021, 4:22 a.m. UTC | #2 
Hi Bagas,

Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> writes:

> On 06/05/21 23.51, Firmin Martin wrote:
>> +always;;
>> +never;;
>> +	Always/never prompt for confirmation whenever patches or a cover letter
>> +	are subject to be overwritten.
>> +cover;;
>> +	Ask confirmation whenever a cover letter is subject to be overwritten.
>> +--
>
> For `always` and `never`, I think s/patches or/patches and\/or
> For `cover`, I think s/whenever/whenever only (add `only` after `whenever`

Makes sense. I will change it if this text remains in v2.

>
> -- 
> An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara

Thanks,

Firmin
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 911da181a1..49f08b5e51 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@  SYNOPSIS
 		   [--in-reply-to=<message id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
 		   [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
 		   [--cover-from-description=<mode>]
+		   [--confirm-overwrite=<when>]
 		   [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>]
 		   [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
 		   [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@  will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
 --cover-from-description=<mode>::
 	Controls which parts of the cover letter will be automatically
 	populated using the branch's description.
+
 +
 If `<mode>` is `message` or `default`, the cover letter subject will be
 populated with placeholder text. The body of the cover letter will be
@@ -212,6 +214,23 @@  is greater than 100 bytes, then the mode will be `message`, otherwise
 If `<mode>` is `none`, both the cover letter subject and body will be
 populated with placeholder text.
 
+`--confirm-overwrite`=<when>::
+	Specifies when Git must ask the user to confirm whether existing
+	patches or cover letter of the same name should be overwritten.
+	<when> possible values are:
++
+--
+always;;
+never;;
+	Always/never prompt for confirmation whenever patches or a cover letter
+	are subject to be overwritten.
+cover;;
+	Ask confirmation whenever a cover letter is subject to be overwritten.
+--
++
+Defaults to the value of the `format.confirmOverwrite` variable, or
+"cover" if unconfigured.
+
 --subject-prefix=<subject prefix>::
 	Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject
 	line, instead use '[<subject prefix>]'. This
@@ -409,6 +428,7 @@  with configuration variables.
 	outputDirectory = <directory>
 	coverLetter = auto
 	coverFromDescription = auto
+	confirmOverwrite = onlyCover
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