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Re: [PATCH] git-send-email: Don't set author_not_sender from Cc: lines

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Aug 23, 2006, 01:34 UTC
Message-ID
<7vd5asjkvb.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To
<1156253919761-git-send-email-hskinnemoen@atmel.com>
Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com> writes:
> When an mbox-style patch contains a Cc: line in the header,
> git-send-email will check the address against the sender specified
> on the command line. If they don't match, sender_not_author will
> be set to the address obtained from the Cc line.
Show 22 quoted lines
> @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ foreach my $t (@files) {
>  				if (/^Subject:\s+(.*)$/) {
>  					$subject = $1;
>  
> -				} elsif (/^(Cc|From):\s+(.*)$/) {
> +				} elsif (/^(From):\s+(.*)$/) {
>  					if ($2 eq $from) {
>  						next if ($suppress_from);
>  					}
> @@ -516,8 +516,11 @@ foreach my $t (@files) {
>  					printf("(mbox) Adding cc: %s from line '%s'\n",
>  						$2, $_) unless $quiet;
>  					push @cc, $2;
> +				} elsif (/^(Cc):\s+(.*)$/) {
> +					printf("(mbox) Adding cc: %s from line '%s'\n",
> +						$2, $_) unless $quiet;
> +					push @cc, $2;
>  				}
> -
>  			} else {
>  				# In the traditional
>  				# "send lots of email" format,

The patch looks wrong. If your name is on CC: and you want to suppress sending to yourself what happens?

How about doing something like this instead?
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index a83c7e9..8adb6b9 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ foreach my $t (@files) {
 					if ($2 eq $from) {
 						next if ($suppress_from);
 					}
-					else {
+					elsif ($1 eq 'From') {
 						$author_not_sender = $2;
 					}
 					printf("(mbox) Adding cc: %s from line '%s'\n",
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  1. git-send-email: Don't set author_not_sender from Cc: linesHaavard Skinnemoen, Aug 22, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2006
  3. Haavard SkinnemoenAug 23, 2006

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