Re: [PATCH] format-patch: add --filename-prefix to prepend a prefix to output file names

Junio C Hamano wrote:

Isn't the point of the exercise to come up with something like:

      frotz-0001-first-patch-in-frotz-topic.patch
      frotz-0002-second-patch-in-frotz-topic.patch
      frotz-0003-third-patch-in-frotz-topic.patch

      nitfol-0001-first-patch-in-nitfol-topic.patch
      nitfol-0002-second-patch-in-nitfol-topic.patch

with two invocations of format-patch, and when they are dropped in the
same directory, the patches from the same series clump together?

Ok. Maybe spelling out the full example in the commit message would be
clearer.

I personally do not think this is worth the additional code (you can
easily run with --outdir=frotz and then with --outdir=nitfol and obtain
frotz/000?-*.patch and nitfol/000?-*.patch to get the same clumping) but
if the convention is to use dash instead of slash, the patch will save one
step from users.

I agree. How is it any harder to do 'git send-email frotz' instead of
'git send-email frotz-*.patch'? The only advantage I see is you get
attachment filenames with a prefix.