Merge branch 'mf/format-patch-cover-letter-format' into jch

"git format-patch --cover-letter" learns to use a simpler format
instead of the traditional shortlog format to list its commits with
a new --cover-letter-format option and format.commitListFormat
configuration variable.

* mf/format-patch-cover-letter-format:
  docs: add usage for the cover-letter fmt feature
  format-patch: add commitListFormat config
  format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format
  format-patch: move cover letter summary generation
  pretty.c: add %(count) and %(total) placeholders
This commit is contained in:
Junio C Hamano
2026-03-09 14:38:33 -07:00
6 changed files with 212 additions and 14 deletions

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@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ format.coverLetter::
generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
Default is false.
format.commitListFormat::
When the `--cover-letter-format` option is not given, `format-patch`
uses the value of this variable to decide how to format the title of
each commit. Default to `shortlog`.
format.outputDirectory::
Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
current working directory. All directory components will be created.

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@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
[--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
[--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet]
[--cover-letter-format=<format-spec>]
[--[no-]encode-email-headers]
[--no-notes | --notes[=<ref>]]
[--interdiff=<previous>]
@@ -322,6 +323,17 @@ 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.
--cover-letter-format=<format-spec>::
Specify the format in which to generate the commit list of the
patch series. This option is available if the user wants to use
an alternative to the default `shortlog` format. The accepted
values for format-spec are "shortlog" or a format string
prefixed with `log:`.
e.g. `log: %s (%an)`
If defined, defaults to the `format.commitListFormat` configuration
variable.
This option is relevant only if a cover letter is generated.
--encode-email-headers::
--no-encode-email-headers::
Encode email headers that have non-ASCII characters with
@@ -453,6 +465,7 @@ with configuration variables.
signOff = true
outputDirectory = <directory>
coverLetter = auto
commitListFormat = shortlog
coverFromDescription = auto
------------

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@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ struct format_config {
char *signature;
char *signature_file;
enum cover_setting config_cover_letter;
char *fmt_cover_letter_commit_list;
char *config_output_directory;
enum cover_from_description cover_from_description_mode;
int show_notes;
@@ -930,6 +931,7 @@ static void format_config_release(struct format_config *cfg)
string_list_clear(&cfg->extra_cc, 0);
strbuf_release(&cfg->sprefix);
free(cfg->fmt_patch_suffix);
free(cfg->fmt_cover_letter_commit_list);
}
static enum cover_from_description parse_cover_from_description(const char *arg)
@@ -1052,6 +1054,19 @@ static int git_format_config(const char *var, const char *value,
cfg->config_cover_letter = git_config_bool(var, value) ? COVER_ON : COVER_OFF;
return 0;
}
if (!strcmp(var, "format.commitlistformat")) {
struct strbuf tmp = STRBUF_INIT;
strbuf_init(&tmp, 0);
if (value)
strbuf_addstr(&tmp, value);
else
strbuf_addstr(&tmp, "log:[%(count)/%(total)] %s");
FREE_AND_NULL(cfg->fmt_cover_letter_commit_list);
git_config_string(&cfg->fmt_cover_letter_commit_list, var, tmp.buf);
strbuf_release(&tmp);
return 0;
}
if (!strcmp(var, "format.outputdirectory")) {
FREE_AND_NULL(cfg->config_output_directory);
return git_config_string(&cfg->config_output_directory, var, value);
@@ -1335,13 +1350,55 @@ static void get_notes_args(struct strvec *arg, struct rev_info *rev)
}
}
static void generate_shortlog_cover_letter(struct shortlog *log,
struct rev_info *rev,
struct commit **list,
int nr)
{
shortlog_init(log);
log->wrap_lines = 1;
log->wrap = MAIL_DEFAULT_WRAP;
log->in1 = 2;
log->in2 = 4;
log->file = rev->diffopt.file;
log->groups = SHORTLOG_GROUP_AUTHOR;
shortlog_finish_setup(log);
for (int i = 0; i < nr; i++)
shortlog_add_commit(log, list[i]);
shortlog_output(log);
}
static void generate_commit_list_cover(FILE *cover_file, const char *format,
struct commit **list, int n)
{
struct strbuf commit_line = STRBUF_INIT;
struct pretty_print_context ctx = {0};
struct rev_info rev = REV_INFO_INIT;
strbuf_init(&commit_line, 0);
rev.total = n;
ctx.rev = &rev;
for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
rev.nr = n - i;
repo_format_commit_message(the_repository, list[i], format,
&commit_line, &ctx);
fprintf(cover_file, "%s\n", commit_line.buf);
strbuf_reset(&commit_line);
}
fprintf(cover_file, "\n");
strbuf_release(&commit_line);
}
static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_separate_file,
struct commit *origin,
int nr, struct commit **list,
const char *description_file,
const char *branch_name,
int quiet,
const struct format_config *cfg)
const struct format_config *cfg,
const char *format)
{
const char *from;
struct shortlog log;
@@ -1388,18 +1445,12 @@ static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_separate_file,
free(pp.after_subject);
strbuf_release(&sb);
shortlog_init(&log);
log.wrap_lines = 1;
log.wrap = MAIL_DEFAULT_WRAP;
log.in1 = 2;
log.in2 = 4;
log.file = rev->diffopt.file;
log.groups = SHORTLOG_GROUP_AUTHOR;
shortlog_finish_setup(&log);
for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
shortlog_add_commit(&log, list[i]);
shortlog_output(&log);
if (skip_prefix(format, "log:", &format))
generate_commit_list_cover(rev->diffopt.file, format, list, nr);
else if (!strcmp(format, "shortlog"))
generate_shortlog_cover_letter(&log, rev, list, nr);
else
die(_("'%s' is not a valid format string"), format);
/* We can only do diffstat with a unique reference point */
if (origin)
@@ -1917,6 +1968,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc,
int just_numbers = 0;
int ignore_if_in_upstream = 0;
int cover_letter = -1;
const char *cover_letter_fmt = NULL;
int boundary_count = 0;
int no_binary_diff = 0;
int zero_commit = 0;
@@ -1963,6 +2015,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc,
N_("print patches to standard out")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "cover-letter", &cover_letter,
N_("generate a cover letter")),
OPT_STRING(0, "cover-letter-format", &cover_letter_fmt, N_("format-spec"),
N_("format spec used for the commit list in the cover letter")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "numbered-files", &just_numbers,
N_("use simple number sequence for output file names")),
OPT_STRING(0, "suffix", &fmt_patch_suffix, N_("sfx"),
@@ -2300,6 +2354,13 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc,
/* nothing to do */
goto done;
total = list.nr;
if (!cover_letter_fmt) {
cover_letter_fmt = cfg.fmt_cover_letter_commit_list;
if (!cover_letter_fmt)
cover_letter_fmt = "shortlog";
}
if (cover_letter == -1) {
if (cfg.config_cover_letter == COVER_AUTO)
cover_letter = (total > 1);
@@ -2386,12 +2447,14 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc,
}
rev.numbered_files = just_numbers;
rev.patch_suffix = fmt_patch_suffix;
if (cover_letter) {
if (cfg.thread)
gen_message_id(&rev, "cover");
make_cover_letter(&rev, !!output_directory,
origin, list.nr, list.items,
description_file, branch_name, quiet, &cfg);
description_file, branch_name, quiet, &cfg,
cover_letter_fmt);
print_bases(&bases, rev.diffopt.file);
print_signature(signature, rev.diffopt.file);
total++;

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@@ -1549,6 +1549,21 @@ static size_t format_commit_one(struct strbuf *sb, /* in UTF-8 */
if (!commit->object.parsed)
parse_object(the_repository, &commit->object.oid);
if (starts_with(placeholder, "(count)")) {
if (!c->pretty_ctx->rev)
die(_("this format specifier can't be used with this command"));
strbuf_addf(sb, "%0*d", decimal_width(c->pretty_ctx->rev->total),
c->pretty_ctx->rev->nr);
return 7;
}
if (starts_with(placeholder, "(total)")) {
if (!c->pretty_ctx->rev)
die(_("this format specifier can't be used with this command"));
strbuf_addf(sb, "%d", c->pretty_ctx->rev->total);
return 7;
}
switch (placeholder[0]) {
case 'H': /* commit hash */
strbuf_addstr(sb, diff_get_color(c->auto_color, DIFF_COMMIT));

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@@ -380,6 +380,107 @@ test_expect_success 'filename limit applies only to basename' '
done
'
test_expect_success 'cover letter with subject, author and count' '
rm -rf patches &&
test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result test_file" &&
touch test_file &&
git add test_file &&
git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
git format-patch --cover-letter \
--cover-letter-format="log:[%(count)/%(total)] %s (%an)" -o patches HEAD~1 &&
grep "^\[1/1\] This is a subject (A U Thor)$" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
test_line_count = 1 result
'
test_expected_success 'cover letter with author and count' '
test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result test_file" &&
touch test_file &&
git add test_file &&
git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
git format-patch --cover-letter \
--cover-letter-format="log:[%(count)/%(total)] %an" -o patches HEAD~1 &&
grep "^\[1/1\] A U Thor$" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
test_line_count = 1 result
'
test_expect_success 'cover letter shortlog' '
test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result test_file" &&
touch test_file &&
git add test_file &&
git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
git format-patch --cover-letter --cover-letter-format=shortlog \
-o patches HEAD~1 &&
sed -n -e "/^A U Thor/p;" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
test_line_count = 1 result
'
test_expect_success 'cover letter no format' '
test_when_finished "git reset --hard HEAD~1" &&
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result test_file" &&
touch test_file &&
git add test_file &&
git commit -m "This is a subject" &&
git format-patch --cover-letter -o patches HEAD~1 &&
sed -n -e "/^A U Thor/p;" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
test_line_count = 1 result
'
test_expect_success 'cover letter config with count, subject and author' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result" &&
test_when_finished "git config unset format.coverletter" &&
test_when_finished "git config unset format.commitlistformat" &&
git config set format.coverletter true &&
git config set format.commitlistformat "log:[%(count)/%(total)] %s (%an)" &&
git format-patch -o patches HEAD~2 &&
grep -E "^[[[:digit:]]+/[[:digit:]]+] .* \(A U Thor\)" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
test_line_count = 2 result
'
test_expect_success 'cover letter config with count and author' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result" &&
test_when_finished "git config unset format.coverletter" &&
test_when_finished "git config unset format.commitlistformat" &&
git config set format.coverletter true &&
git config set format.commitlistformat "log:[%(count)/%(total)] (%an)" &&
git format-patch -o patches HEAD~2 &&
grep -E "^[[[:digit:]]+/[[:digit:]]+] \(A U Thor\)" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
test_line_count = 2 result
'
test_expect_success 'cover letter config commitlistformat set but no format' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result" &&
test_when_finished "git config unset format.coverletter" &&
test_when_finished "git config unset format.commitlistformat" &&
git config set format.coverletter true &&
printf "\tcommitlistformat" >> .git/config &&
git format-patch -o patches HEAD~2 &&
grep -E "^[[[:digit:]]+/[[:digit:]]+] .*" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
test_line_count = 2 result
'
test_expect_success 'cover letter config commitlistformat set to shortlog' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result" &&
test_when_finished "git config unset format.coverletter" &&
test_when_finished "git config unset format.commitlistformat" &&
git config set format.coverletter true &&
git config set format.commitlistformat shortlog &&
git format-patch -o patches HEAD~2 &&
grep -E "^A U Thor \([[:digit:]]+\)" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
test_line_count = 1 result
'
test_expect_success 'cover letter config commitlistformat not set' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf patches result" &&
test_when_finished "git config unset format.coverletter" &&
git config set format.coverletter true &&
git format-patch -o patches HEAD~2 &&
grep -E "^A U Thor \([[:digit:]]+\)" patches/0000-cover-letter.patch >result &&
test_line_count = 1 result
'
test_expect_success 'reroll count' '
rm -fr patches &&
git format-patch -o patches --cover-letter --reroll-count 4 main..side >list &&

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@@ -2775,6 +2775,7 @@ test_expect_success PERL 'send-email' '
test_completion "git send-email --cov" <<-\EOF &&
--cover-from-description=Z
--cover-letter Z
--cover-letter-format=Z
EOF
test_completion "git send-email --val" <<-\EOF &&
--validate Z