Re: [PATCH 3/3] pretty: support multiline subjects with format:

From: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>
Date: Dec 28, 2008, 00:09 UTC
Message-ID: <20081228090909.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>
In-Reply-To: <200812280024.59096.markus.heidelberg@web.de>

Quoting Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>:

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>> For consistency and increased code reuse, change format: to do the
>> same as the other options.
>
> What's wrong with using the first line instead of the first paragraph
> for the other pretty options and for cases where only a small subject
> line is desired?

There were too many issues. The mail archive tells us that there were considerable discussions and thoughts behind the current behavior:

	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/49694/focus=49922
	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/46341/focus=46818
	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/54020/focus=54132
	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/21949/focus=21987

The last message mentions a bug in "git rebase" that internally uses "git am" when replaying the changes. It was corrected later with:

	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.sh.devel/3833/focus=79735

Reading the discussion in the messages in this thread will help understanding the issues, after understanding why "the first line" was problematic, as discussed in the other threads.

-- 
Nanako Shiraishi
http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/