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From: Robert Shearman <rob@codeweavers.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] format-patch: Generate a newline between the subject header and the message body.
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:03:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44B6A70E.7060301@codeweavers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e967en$bi6$1@sea.gmane.org>

Jakub Narebski wrote:

>Robert Shearman wrote:
>  
>
>>format-patch previously didn't generate a newline after a subject. This 
>>caused the diffstat to not be displayed in messages without a blank line 
>>and the first blank line to be eaten in messages with a blank line.
>>    
>>
>
>Does this _enforce_ separating commit message into subject+empty
>line+description? What about commit messages without this structire (e.g.
>legacy commit messages from import from other SCM, e.g. GNU ChangeLog
>style)?
>

It only affects commits exported into email style. It has nothing to do
with the structure of GIT commit messages or those of any other SCM.

-- 
Rob Shearman

  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-13 20:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-13 12:03 [PATCH] format-patch: Generate a newline between the subject header and the message body Robert Shearman
2006-07-13 19:38 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-07-13 20:03   ` Robert Shearman [this message]
2006-07-13 21:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-07-13 21:48   ` Junio C Hamano
2006-07-13 21:55     ` Robert Shearman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-07-13 22:17 Robert Shearman

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