> On Oct 17, 2016, at 6:21 AM, Andy Seaborne <a...@apache.org> wrote: > > An "HTTP header"-like form (key-value lines) would be better because it is an > open design where new header fields can be put in as needed. (e.g. "Author", > "Date", "Signed-off-by"). > > It could be done as a different style, maybe identical to HTTP, so the patch > specific parsing begins at the first TB, or include a blank line or marker > like "----". Or the header could reuse the same parsing tokens, though values > may end up in strings for grouping more often. > > Andy
Yeah, that's a good point. Extensibility is important. And +1 to aligning syntax with HTTP. --- A. Soroka The University of Virginia Library
