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Mon, 7 Nov 2022 18:06:29 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by melete.silentflame.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0BD487E5F21; Mon, 7 Nov 2022 16:06:29 -0700 (MST) In-Reply-To: <87edvh2m3o.fsf@posteo.net> (Philip Kaludercic's message of "Sun, 09 Oct 2022 12:54:51 +0000") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:247305 Archived-At: Hello, On Sun 09 Oct 2022 at 12:54PM GMT, Philip Kaludercic wrote: > Sean Whitton writes: > >> Hello, >> >> How about a prefix argument to vc-prepare-patch to invert one's usual >> setting for vc-prepare-patches-separately? Most people who contribute >> to more than one project regularly will want to use both. > > How would this be preferable to setting `vc-prepare-patches-separately' > as a directory local variable? That way you don't have to remember to > use a prefix argument whenever invoking `vc-prepare-patch'. Makes sense. >> On the other hand, having a numeric prefix argument mean "send patches >> correspoding to the top N revisions of the current branch" would be very >> convenient. Perhaps these two could be combined by using a negative >> number to mean also invert? > > This is the usual problem with numeric prefix arguments. You don't get > that much expressivity with just an integer. > > That is why I would hesitate to assign any particular interpretation to > prefix arguments, before considering and weighing the options. Well, any other options in mind? Varying the -N argument to git-format-patch/git-send-email is what I find myself using the most. -- Sean Whitton