Re: [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: Add a signature option (--signature)

Stephen Boyd [off-list ref] writes:

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Theodore Tso [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

I don't know how important people will feel this to be, but I've occasionally
found it interesting to see how many people are using various different
versions of git in a particular development community, and having the
version in the signature is a useful gauge on that.

The original motivation of the version signature was exactly that ;-).

...
The real question is how useful is it to have the version number
there? There are other ways to gauge the version usage and it's opt-in
so you'll still get some version number coverage.

I sent the previous message without finishing that sentence.  I personally
have been feeling that the version number there outlived its usefulness
for quite some time.

If others (like Ted) find it useful/amusing/interesting, we may want to
keep the default and make sure it is not too easy to customize it away,
and I think what your patch does is fine.

Thanks.