Merge branch 'jt/format-patch-from-config'

diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index fd1652f52b32fc8bfb7bdc6e0191affafaa21c9c..1f116bea8c8873d652f573db2047c558fa51bbd3 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ static void add_header(const char *value)
 static int thread;
 static int do_signoff;
 static int base_auto;
+static char *from;
 static const char *signature = git_version_string;
 static const char *signature_file;
 static int config_cover_letter;
@@ -807,6 +808,17 @@ static int git_format_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
                base_auto = git_config_bool(var, value);
                return 0;
        }
+       if (!strcmp(var, "format.from")) {
+               int b = git_config_maybe_bool(var, value);
+               free(from);
+               if (b < 0)
+                       from = xstrdup(value);
+               else if (b)
+                       from = xstrdup(git_committer_info(IDENT_NO_DATE));
+               else
+                       from = NULL;
+               return 0;
+       }
 
        return git_log_config(var, value, cb);
 }
@@ -1384,7 +1396,6 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        int quiet = 0;
        int reroll_count = -1;
        char *branch_name = NULL;
-       char *from = NULL;
        char *base_commit = NULL;
        struct base_tree_info bases;