From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 20:37:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] CodingGuidelines: make it clear which files in Documentation/ are the sources
Message-ID: <7vobcj99fl.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <201305092018.r49KIY5N024319@freeze.ariadne.com>

worley@alum.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) writes:

> body, the "From e87227..." line will have no place to go.  And perhaps
> it is an important part of the patch, since "git format-patch" outputs
> it?

As you noticed (correctly), the output of "format-patch" is meant to
be usable by "am" that reads from the UNIX mbox format.  "From whom"
(not "From: whom") lines are traditional message boundaries, and
when you are sending your own patch, none of the RFC822 headers (nor
the "From whom" line) needs to be repeated in the message body.

Thanks.