From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Xavier Maillard Subject: Re: format-patch and send-email Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:17:25 +0100 Message-ID: <9388.1171822645@localhost> References: <5680.1171788594@localhost> <7vps87hlbp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Feb 18 19:20:29 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HIqeC-00076V-DF for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:20:28 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751816AbXBRSUI (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:20:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751818AbXBRSUI (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:20:08 -0500 Received: from smtp2-g19.free.fr ([212.27.42.28]:37911 "EHLO smtp2-g19.free.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751816AbXBRSUH (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:20:07 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (chn51-3-88-163-173-156.fbx.proxad.net [88.163.173.156]) by smtp2-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C790A7CE6; Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:20:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (IDENT:1001@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1IIHP7o009390; Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:17:26 +0100 In-reply-to: <7vps87hlbp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Comments: In-reply-to Junio C Hamano message dated "Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:22:18 -0800." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.0.2; nmh 1.2; GNU Emacs 22.0.51 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi Junio, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Xavier Maillard writes: > >> [SNIP SNIP] > > The "format-patch" output was designed to (minimally) mimic what > you would see in a UNIX mbox as if you (or whoever would apply > the e-mailed patches to repository) received it, so that anybody > can later run "am" on it. The first "From " is what sometimes > is called "UNIX-From " line, which separates each piece of > e-mail in mbox formatted mailbox file. The second one is used > to record the author of the patch. > > The commit log message is expected to be: > > A single line description of a patch > > More detailed explanation of the patch with > possibly multi-line or multi-paragraph text. > > and the single line description becomes the subject. Ok so I need to revert my usual practise :) Thank you for your answers. I know have understood what was wrong ;) Regards, Xavier