{"thread":{"id":"50480","subject":"git-am drops colons in the beginning of a subject line","startedAt":"2019-02-12T11:38:35Z","lastAt":"2019-02-12T11:38:35Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Max Filenko"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"369149","messageId":"m2lg2lxmmm.fsf@bouncer.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me","threadId":"50480","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git-am drops colons in the beginning of a subject line","fromName":"Max Filenko","fromEmail":"contact@filenko.ms","sentAt":"2019-02-12T11:38:25Z","receivedAt":"2019-02-12T11:38:35Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"contact@filenko.ms","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/dccb5e1c907092ccaa4f3de72ec35a23a654206593e3e475a8ed6ffc219df036?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hey there,\n\ngit-am seems to omit colons in the beginning of a subject line.\n\nI have the following simple patch (just an example):\n\n    $ cat 0001-four-colons-prepended.patch\n    From e8213a2d10a61c9dc75521d88d656b8d5330e6bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001\n    From: Max Filenko <contact@filenko.ms>\n    Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:21:21 +0100\n    Subject: [PATCH] :::: four colons prepended\n    \n    ---\n     file.txt | 2 +-\n     1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)\n    \n    diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt\n    index 4dd1ef7..b5da95d 100644\n    --- a/file.txt\n    +++ b/file.txt\n    @@ -1 +1 @@\n    -This is a file.\n    +This is a plain text file.\n    -- \n    2.17.2 (Apple Git-113)\n\nI apply this patch:\n\n    $ git am 0001-four-colons-prepended.patch\n    Applying: four colons prepended\n\nAs you might have already noticed git message above doesn't have colons.\n\nLet's double check this:\n\n    $ git show\n    commit 6341a6a2872f850ecb376c268b1b3bae54a6a74f (HEAD -> master)\n    Author: Max Filenko <contact@filenko.ms>\n    Date:   Tue Feb 12 12:21:21 2019 +0100\n    \n        four colons prepended\n    \n    diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt\n    index 4dd1ef7..b5da95d 100644\n    --- a/file.txt\n    +++ b/file.txt\n    @@ -1 +1 @@\n    -This is a file.\n    +This is a plain text file.\n\nThe commit message reads 'four colons prepended' while it should read\n':::: four colons prepended'.\n\nColons are missing in the commit message after apllying this patch.\n\nI don't think that's an expected behaviour, isn't it?\n\n--\nCheers,\nMax\n"}]}