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Re: [PATCH/RFC] fmt-merge-msg: add a blank line after people info

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 6, 2012, 21:11 UTC
Message-ID
<7vfwa8kuxh.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To
<20120606204659.GA13858@burratino>
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> In other words, I think the objection given to the patch upthread was
> a real one, but that a more appropriate fix than using strange spacing
> would be to combine statistics from all branches being merged.

It may be real for _you_ but not for everybody. Especially, the current spacing is a lot more logically consistent than your Fred the Clown example, which *does* use much more strange spacing.

I do not deeply care either way, so let's do this sometime when the tree is calm (but not today).

 builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
index bf93b04..2c4d435 100644
--- a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -286,10 +286,10 @@ static void credit_people(struct strbuf *out,
 	const char *me;
 
 	if (kind == 'a') {
-		label = "\nBy ";
+		label = "\n# By ";
 		me = git_author_info(IDENT_NO_DATE);
 	} else {
-		label = "\nvia ";
+		label = "\n# Via ";
 		me = git_committer_info(IDENT_NO_DATE);
 	}
 
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  1. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2012
  2. Linus TorvaldsMar 5, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2012
  4. Linus TorvaldsMar 5, 2012
  5. fmt-merge-msg: show those involved in a merged seriesJunio C Hamano, Mar 5, 2012
  6. Linus TorvaldsMar 5, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2012
  8. René ScharfeMar 7, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2012
  10. René ScharfeMar 8, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2012
  13. Phil HordMar 12, 2012
  14. Jeff KingMar 13, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2012
  16. Phil HordMar 14, 2012
  17. Jonathan NiederMar 12, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2012
  19. Jonathan NiederMar 13, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2012
  21. Johannes SixtMar 13, 2012
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2012
  23. Johannes SixtMar 14, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2012
  25. 1/1 fmt-merge-msg: show those involved in a merged seriesJunio C Hamano, Mar 13, 2012
  26. fmt-merge-msg: add a blank line after people infoJonathan Nieder, May 11, 2012
  27. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2012
  28. Linus TorvaldsMay 11, 2012
  29. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2012
  30. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2012
  31. Linus TorvaldsMay 16, 2012
  32. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2012
  33. Jonathan NiederJun 6, 2012
  34. Jonathan NiederJun 6, 2012
  35. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2012
  36. Jeff KingMar 6, 2012

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