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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin-log.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-log.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c index 59671139b8..1df38e17a2 100644 --- a/builtin-log.c +++ b/builtin-log.c @@ -1036,12 +1036,22 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) /* Have we already had a message ID? */ if (rev.message_id) { /* - * If we've got the ID to be a reply - * to, discard the current ID; - * otherwise, make everything a reply - * to that. + * Without --cover-letter and + * --in-reply-to, make every mail a + * reply to the one before. + * + * With --in-reply-to but no + * --cover-letter, make every mail a + * reply to the <reply-to>. + * + * With --cover-letter, make every + * mail but the cover letter a reply + * to the cover letter. The cover + * letter is a reply to the + * --in-reply-to, if specified. */ - if (rev.ref_message_ids->nr > 0) + if (rev.ref_message_ids->nr > 0 + && (!cover_letter || rev.nr > 1)) free(rev.message_id); else string_list_append(rev.message_id, |