From: Michael S. Tsirkin Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:40:21 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] have merge put FETCH_HEAD data in commit message Message-ID: <20070322104021.GJ29341@mellanox.co.il> In-Reply-To: <7vr6rhtvr0.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> > Quoting Junio C Hamano : > Subject: Re: [PATCH] have merge put FETCH_HEAD data in commit message > > "Michael S. Tsirkin" writes: > > > Specifically, as far as a *user* is concerned: > > 1. the fact that "---" separates commit message from patch, and > > that text after "---" is ignored seems to be undocumented > > 2. the fact that message subject is appended to the log, > > the rules for removing [PATCH] etc from subject seem to be undocumented > > 3. if I want to have some text coming *before* the commit > > message ignored, there's no way to do this > > 4. there's no way to override the subject from within the message > > (like there is with author/From line) > > How about this? Looks good. What about 3? > > > Also check t5100 and its sample mailbox, > especially the "third patch" from A U Thor, which I forwarded > with the subject "another patch". It's funny ... but what should I look at there, specifically? -- MST