From: Junio C Hamano <junio@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:02:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] sh updates for 2.6.25
Message-ID: <7vve2hpnz1.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0804151222350.2879@woody.linux-foundation.org>

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> Ahh, looks like a git-am buglet then. It will indeed turn an empty subject 
> line into an empty first line.
>
> We should run "git stripspace" on the whole thing, so maybe a patch 
> something like the appended will help.
>
> NOTE! Totally untested! Beware the patch!

The basic idea is very sound and as usual your patch deletes more lines
than it adds, which always impresses me.  I wish all our patches are like
this.

> @@ -388,6 +383,7 @@ do
>  			;;
>  		esac
>  	esac
> +	FIRSTLINE=$(head -1 "$dotest/final-commit")
>  
>  	resume=
>  	if test "$interactive" = t
> @@ -408,7 +404,6 @@ do
>  		[aA]*) action=yes interactive= ;;
>  		[nN]*) action=skip ;;
>  		[eE]*) git_editor "$dotest/final-commit"
> -		       SUBJECT=$(reread_subject "$dotest/final-commit")

This needs to be replaced with re-assignment to FIRSTLINE, as the user may
have fixed the title in the editor; otherwise...

> @@ -431,7 +426,7 @@ do
>  		stop_here $this
>  	fi
>  
> -	printf 'Applying %s\n' "$SUBJECT"
> +	printf 'Applying %s\n' "$FIRSTLINE"

... this would surprise the user who expects us to give the report with
the updated title.