[PATCH v2] Doc: specify exact scissors line
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Evan Gates <evan.gates@gmail.com>
- Date
- Sep 28, 2020, 20:20 UTC
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- <20200928202035.24218-1-evan.gates@gmail.com>
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- <20200925191659.31375-1-evan.gates@gmail.com>
The existing wording covers most of the requirements of a scissors line, but there is no mention of the minimum size requirement that led to a six character line ("-->8--") not counting as a scissors line. Specify the exact line to use ("-- >8 --") instead of trying to document all the details.
Signed-off-by: Evan Gates <evan.gates@gmail.com> --- Changes in v2: - Specify exact line instead of adding text about 8 character minimum
Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt index 3bbc731f67..fbb7d2813f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt @@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ conversion, even with this flag. is useful in order to associate commits with mailing list discussions. --scissors:: - Remove everything in body before a scissors line. A line that - mainly consists of scissors (either ">8" or "8<") and perforation - (dash "-") marks is called a scissors line, and is used to request - the reader to cut the message at that line. If such a line + Remove everything in body before a scissors line ("-- >8 --"). + The line represents scissors and perforation marks, and is used to + request the reader to cut the message at that line. If that line appears in the body of the message before the patch, everything before it (including the scissors line itself) is ignored when this option is used.
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