Re: [RFC] git-format-patch: default to --from to avoid spoofed mails?

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

I half-agree. Config that causes unpredictable behavior can break
somebody else's script that you are running. If you say "oh, I guess I
shouldn't set that config" and move on with your life, then the config
hasn't really hurt anybody. If you complain to the script author that
their script is broken, and insist that they pass the --no-foo option,
then the script writer does not care much whether it was a config option
or a change of default.

Hmph, I never considered that POV but you are right.

I am not sure if that argues that we have to be even more careful
not to add non-essential configuration variable, or that we can
afford to be much less careful when changing the default, though.
A little bit of both, I guess.