Re: [PATCH] remove "[PATCH]" prefix from shortlog output

[Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>]

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Dec 2006, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 
>> This doesn't convey much information in the shortlog context.
>> And the perl version did strip it as well.
> 
> From the current builtin-shortlog.c:128ff:
> 
>         if (!strncmp(oneline, "[PATCH", 6)) {
>                 char *eob = strchr(oneline, ']');
> 
>                 if (eob) {
>                         while (isspace(eob[1]) && eob[1] != '\n')
>                                 eob++;
>                         if (eob - oneline < onelinelen) {
>                                 onelinelen -= eob - oneline;
>                                 oneline = eob;
>                         }
>                 }
>         }
> 
> It tries not only to strip "[PATCH]", but also "[PATCH 0/n]" and basically 
> every prefix beginning with "[PATCH" and ending in "]". I do not remember 
> if I really tested that code, but it should work.

What happens if you have "[PATCH" without closing "]"? Does it work (and
doesn't crash)? Does it strip anything?
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Jakub Narebski
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