Re: git log -z doesn't separate commits with NULs

Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] writes:

Perhaps git-format-patch should mention that it was created with
path-limited patch in some email pseudo-header like X-Pathspec:
or something, don't you think?

What kind of workflow are you assuming, and who would benefit from such a
header under that assumption?

It obviously would not help the person who is running format-patch, as he
is very well aware that he is giving a pathspec when he runs the command.
If the result is used privately to prepare a starting point of possibly
unrelated work, it does not matter.

If you are assuming a workflow that involves a public review of mailed
patches, it is very likely that such a header will be lost unless you are
using git-send-email, as we strongly discourage copying and pasting the
entire thing in the message body.  Anybody sitting on the receiving end
worth her salt would judge the submission by looking at the log message,
diffstat and the patch, and the sender having used pathspec to format the
patch would not be a reason for rejection at all---the quality of the
submission is.

So offhand, I do not know under what workflow such an extra header would
benefit people in what position in the workflow.