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Re: git-commit: allow From: line to be entered in commit message

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jan 13, 2006, 03:58 UTC
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sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> writes:
> ...   In fact, it would seem more
> consistent to tell someone that a From: line will be handled properly
> whether they use git-am or git-commit. 
Yuck.

Somebody using am/applymbox is not writing that "From: " line himself. The person who writes that "From: " line writes that into his MUA when sending a patch --- that is "editing an email", so there is a consistency between that activity and use of word "From: ".

The editor for commit message does not have anything to do with e-mail. What you are talking about is not consistency, but confusion.

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Message 13 of 14 in “Re: git-commit: allow From: line to be entered in commit message”
  1. Joel BeckerJan 12, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2006
  3. Joel BeckerJan 13, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2006
  5. Joel BeckerJan 13, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2006
  7. Joel BeckerJan 13, 2006
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinJan 13, 2006
  11. Alex RiesenJan 12, 2006
  12. seanJan 13, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2006
  14. seanJan 13, 2006

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