From: Nanako Shiraishi Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:09:09 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] pretty: support multiline subjects with format: Message-ID: <20081228090909.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> In-Reply-To: <200812280024.59096.markus.heidelberg@web.de> Quoting Markus Heidelberg : >> 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/