From: Jonathan Nieder Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:46:59 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] fmt-merge-msg: add a blank line after people info Message-ID: <20120606204659.GA13858@burratino> In-Reply-To: <20120606202703.GA13641@burratino> Jonathan Nieder wrote: > * Junio mentioned what sounds like anothing infelicity in the current > format: for octopus merges, there is not just one list of authors > and submaintiners summarizing what the merge commit does, but > separate By and Via lines for each branch being merged. Sorry for the lack of clarity. This should say ... another infelicity ... ... submaintainers summarizing ... In other words, I think the objection given to the patch upthread was a real one, but that a more appropriate fix than using strange spacing would be to combine statistics from all branches being merged. Thanks for your thoughtfulness. Jonathan