From: Nanako Shiraishi Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:16:23 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- mark Message-ID: <20090824141623.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> In-Reply-To: <20090824041608.GC3526@vidovic> Quoting Nicolas Sebrecht writes: > diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt > index fcacc94..0c9a791 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt > @@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ The commit message is formed by the title taken from > the > where the patch begins. Excess whitespace at the end of each > line is automatically stripped. > > +If a line starts with a "-- >8 --" mark in the body of the message, > +everything before (and the line itself) will be ignored. Looking at the way other people use the mark in their messages, I think this explanation isn't correct. A scissors mark doesn't have to be at the beginning. The line has to contain the mark, and it has to consist of only the mark, '-' minus, the phrase "cut here", and whitespaces. I am not familiar enough with the code to comment on the bug you are reporting. -- Nanako Shiraishi http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/