On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 03:59:56PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:45:43 +0200 > > > >From a pure eye-candy perspective it would be nice to use same format > > all over. > > >From Documentation/SubmittingPatches: > > ------------------ > > 12) The canonical patch format > > > > The canonical patch subject line is: > > > > Subject: [PATCH 001/123] subsystem: summary phrase > > -------------- > > The patch format specifies things that make no sense > when the changes gets into the tree. Especially the > sequence numbers, which are implied by the changes > placement in the relative changeset history.
"git am" removes the patch format specifiers when the change are committed. git applymbox replace the patch format specifier with [PATCH]. So: git am => subsystem: summary phrase git applymbox => [PATCH] subsystem: summary phrase Both variants exists because Linus uses the latter to distingush between what is applied via git tress and what is applied via mail patches. The Signed-off-by: carries same info btw. Sam - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html