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Re: [PATCH] git-am: Handle "git show" output correctly

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 12, 2012, 21:18 UTC
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Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com> writes:
> Well, if that happens, maybe we could regexp match on
> "[[:alnum:]_-]+: /someexprthatlookslikeanemailaddress/" ?
I doubt that would be even reliably done.
> But we could
> also just wait to cross that bridge until we get to it?

Not really. If we start encouraging people to use "git show" output as a kosher input to "am", we would have to support such use forever, and we end up painting ourselves in a corner we cannot get out of easily.

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  1. Handle "git show" output correctly.Peter Jones, Sep 12, 2012
  2. Handle "git show" output correctly.Peter Jones, Sep 12, 2012
  3. Matthieu MoySep 12, 2012
  4. [git-am] Handle "git show" output correctlyPeter Jones, Sep 12, 2012
  5. Matthieu MoySep 12, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2012
  7. Peter JonesSep 12, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2012
  9. Handle "git show" output correctly.Peter Jones, Sep 12, 2012
  10. Matthieu MoySep 12, 2012
  11. Peter JonesSep 12, 2012
  12. git-am: Handle "git show" output correctlyPeter Jones, Sep 12, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2012
  14. Peter JonesSep 12, 2012
  15. git-am: Handle "git show" output correctlyPeter Jones, Sep 12, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2012
  17. Dan JohnsonSep 12, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2012
  19. Dan JohnsonSep 12, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2012
  21. Andreas EricssonSep 12, 2012

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