git format-patch is often used to create patches that are then stored in version control or displayed with diff. Having the commit hash in the "From " line usually just creates diff noise in these cases, so this series introduces --zero-commit to set that to all zeros.
Changes from v2: * Improve the tests to be more idiomatic and avoid hard-coding line counts. brian m. carlson (3): Introduce a null_oid constant. format-patch: add an option to suppress commit hash format-patch: check that header line has expected format Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 4 ++++ builtin/log.c | 5 +++++ cache.h | 1 + log-tree.c | 3 ++- revision.h | 1 + sha1_file.c | 1 + t/t4014-format-patch.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++ 7 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 2.7.0.rc0.194.g1187e4e.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
