format-patch: add --creation-factor tweak for --range-diff
commit8631bf1cdd7296684deebab2708761bfc8085fc2
authorEric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 09:57:16 +0000 (22 05:57 -0400)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:27:05 +0000 (14 14:27 -0700)
tree2aaa3d26b0a0f847db6b518c65a755ebda0fe63f
parent4ee99689410cf7275f21833779da89626eb6edd6
format-patch: add --creation-factor tweak for --range-diff

When generating a range-diff, matching up commits between two version of
a patch series involves heuristics, thus may give unexpected results.
git-range-diff allows tweaking the heuristic via --creation-factor.
Follow suit by accepting --creation-factor in combination with
--range-diff when generating a range-diff for a cover-letter.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
builtin/log.c