Re: [PATCH 2/3] archive: specfile support (--pretty=format: in archive files)

René Scharfe [off-list ref] writes:

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Maybe we should not so much name it by purpose, but by function.  How 
about "substformat" for the attribute name, and replacing any 
$Format:blablub$ inside those files with something a la 
--pretty=format:blablub?

I like the $Format:...$ notation.  How about naming the attribute
"template", as that's what a thus marked file is?

Sounds good, although I suspect "template" might confuse newbies
that checkout may apply the substitution as well.  How about
something with "export" in it?  export-subst, perhaps?