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authorEmma Brooks <me@pluvano.com>2020-04-08 04:31:38 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2020-04-07 22:37:18 -0700
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format-patch: teach --no-encode-email-headers
When commit subjects or authors have non-ASCII characters, git format-patch Q-encodes them so they can be safely sent over email. However, if the patch transfer method is something other than email (web review tools, sneakernet), this only serves to make the patch metadata harder to read without first applying it (unless you can decode RFC 2047 in your head). git am as well as some email software supports non-Q-encoded mail as described in RFC 6531. Add --[no-]encode-email-headers and format.encodeEmailHeaders to let the user control this behavior. Signed-off-by: Emma Brooks <me@pluvano.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 0d4f8951bb..0f81d0437b 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
[--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
[--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet]
+ [--[no-]encode-email-headers]
[--no-notes | --notes[=<ref>]]
[--interdiff=<previous>]
[--range-diff=<previous> [--creation-factor=<percent>]]
@@ -253,6 +254,13 @@ feeding the result to `git send-email`.
containing the branch description, shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can
fill in a description in the file before sending it out.
+--encode-email-headers::
+--no-encode-email-headers::
+ Encode email headers that have non-ASCII characters with
+ "Q-encoding" (described in RFC 2047), instead of outputting the
+ headers verbatim. Defaults to the value of the
+ `format.encodeEmailHeaders` configuration variable.
+
--interdiff=<previous>::
As a reviewer aid, insert an interdiff into the cover letter,
or as commentary of the lone patch of a 1-patch series, showing