return 0;
}
+static int from_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+ char **from = opt->value;
+
+ free(*from);
+
+ if (unset)
+ *from = NULL;
+ else if (arg)
+ *from = xstrdup(arg);
+ else
+ *from = xstrdup(git_committer_info(IDENT_NO_DATE));
+ return 0;
+}
+
int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
struct commit *commit;
int quiet = 0;
int reroll_count = -1;
char *branch_name = NULL;
+ char *from = NULL;
const struct option builtin_format_patch_options[] = {
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'n', "numbered", &numbered, NULL,
N_("use [PATCH n/m] even with a single patch"),
0, to_callback },
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "cc", NULL, N_("email"), N_("add Cc: header"),
0, cc_callback },
+ { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "from", &from, N_("ident"),
+ N_("set From address to <ident> (or committer ident if absent)"),
+ PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, from_callback },
OPT_STRING(0, "in-reply-to", &in_reply_to, N_("message-id"),
N_("make first mail a reply to <message-id>")),
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "attach", &rev, N_("boundary"),
rev.extra_headers = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
+ if (from) {
+ if (split_ident_line(&rev.from_ident, from, strlen(from)))
+ die(_("invalid ident line: %s"), from);
+ }
+
if (start_number < 0)
start_number = 1;