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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] Add format.coverauto boolean
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Frank Terbeck <ft@bewatermyfriend.org> writes:

> If set to true, format-patch behaves like it had been started
> using the --cover-letter option.

I thought "If this is set, you can run format-patch without giving an
explicit --cover-letter=foo from the command line" was already done with
the earlier format.coverletter configuration variable.  Why do you need a
separate variable?  It does not make any sense to me, unless I am missing
something.