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Re: [PATCH] Add config example with respect to branch

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Dec 7, 2006, 19:20 UTC
Message-ID
<7v8xhjtsvk.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To
<4577B687.5080907@gmail.com>

I've tolerated patches in attachments, but please do not do this:

    This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
    --------------010006030902030700040300
    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
    --------------010006030902030700040300
    Content-Type: text/plain;
     name="0001-Add-config-example-with-respect-to-branch.txt"
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
    Content-Disposition: inline;
     filename="0001-Add-config-example-with-respect-to-branch.txt"
    From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@gmail.com>
    Update config.txt with example with respect to branch
    config variable. This give a better idea regarding
    how branch names are expected.
    Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@gmail.com>
    ---
     Documentation/config.txt |    5 +++++
     1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Instead have the proposed commit log message (and From: line if you are forwarding somebody else's patch, or if your MUA does not record your own name correctly) in the first part (which is empty in your message).

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  1. Add config example with respect to branchAneesh Kumar K.V, Dec 7, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2006

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

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