Re: [PATCH] doc: add caveat about roundtripping format-patch

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Feb 10, 2026, 16:00 UTC
Message-ID: <7ef28209-9953-4593-b1ce-11af5e8375bd@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <83b776c4c3b6092f9714adc157ac6a38af1022f7.camel@scientia.org>

Hi

On Tue, Feb 10, 2026, at 01:53, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:

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> While it's nice to see it getting documented (thanks for that)...
> wouldn't it be even better to actually fix the underlying issue? :-)
>
> I mean it's all but guaranteed that everyone reads this,... and IMO the
> problem might even be exploited security wise.

There’s a discussion about fixing it from the start of the thread:

https://lore.kernel.org/git/bcqvh7ahjjgzpgxwnr4kh3hfkksfruf54refyry3ha7qk7dldf@fij5calmscvm/

Please use Reply-All. ;)

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