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Re: Make "git am" properly unescape lines matching ">>*From "

From
HAH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date
Jun 8, 2010, 22:10 UTC
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<4C0EBFCE.4050700@zytor.com>
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<87typdi44d.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org>
On 06/08/2010 02:52 PM, Carl Worth wrote:
> 
> What do you mean by "most reliably handled format"?
>

I have to say there is definitely part of me that thinks that using base64 or quoted-unprintable for "^From "-containing mails might really be the best solution... as much as I normally hate that crap.

	-hpa
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  1. 1/2 mailsplit: Remove any '>' characters used to escape From_ lines in mbox.Carl Worth, Jun 8, 2010
  2. 2/2 Add test from From_-line escaping.Carl Worth, Jun 8, 2010
  3. Carl WorthJun 8, 2010
  4. H. Peter AnvinJun 8, 2010
  5. Carl WorthJun 8, 2010
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