Re: [RFC/PATCH] log: add log.firstparent option

> > [1] While reading the old "git commit --notes" thread recently, Johan
> >     Herland gave a plausible confusing example:
> >
> >     ...
> >       Why
> >       ---
> >
> >       To show that "---" can be part of a commit message. :)
> 
> That is all true, but such a commit already is problematic when used
> as an input to "am", regardless of where the sign-off goes.

> We could invent a new and more prominent delimiter, teach
> "format-patch" to add that between the log and patch if and only if
> the log has a three-dashes line in it (with an option to override
> that "if and only if" default), and teach "mailsplit" to pay
> attention to it.  People who are relying on the fact that a
> three-dashes line in the local log message will be stripped off at
> the receiving end have to pass that "The commit has three-dash in it
> as a cut-mark on purpose; don't add that prominent delimiter" option
> when formatting their patches out for submission.
> 
> But I somehow think it is not worth the effort.  It is fairly well
> established that three-dash lines are cut marks and Johan's example
> log message above deliberately violates only to spite itself.  My
> knee-jerk advice is that people can just rephrase s/Why/Reason/ and
> be done with it.