if (!use_stdout &&
open_next_file(NULL, rev->numbered_files ? NULL : "cover-letter", rev, quiet))
- return;
+ die(_("failed to create cover-letter file"));
log_write_email_headers(rev, head, &pp.after_subject, &need_8bit_cte, 0);
ls patches/0004-This-is-an-excessively-long-subject-line-for-a-messa.patch
'
+test_expect_success 'failure to write cover-letter aborts gracefully' '
+ test_when_finished "rmdir 0000-cover-letter.patch" &&
+ mkdir 0000-cover-letter.patch &&
+ test_must_fail git format-patch --no-renames --cover-letter -1
+'
+
test_expect_success 'cover-letter inherits diff options' '
git mv file foo &&
git commit -m foo &&