On 08/10/2012 09:15 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <h...@zytor.com> writes:
>
>> The users I am referring to generally have a --- line, rather than
>> a scissor, between the cover text and commit. Also, there is
>> (almost) always a From: line and subject at the top of the patch
>> proper.
>
> Oh, so it is more like this?
>
> From: author name <aut...@address.xz>
> Date: author date
> Subject: patch title
>
> Heya,
>
> I was walking my dog when I found a solution to this
> problem the other day. Here it is.
>
> ---
> >From 755e8b3f35e3991a735a6be740eda4567d45a741 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: author name <aut...@address.xz>
> Date: random date we do not care
> Subject: patch title
>
> commit message body
>
> ---
>
That is exactly what I see, except usually with the mbox header.
However, it makes sense to me to treat From: as a scissor (we can then
ignore the preceding --- completely).
-hpa
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