From: Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:17:25 GMT
Subject: Re: format-patch and send-email
Message-ID: <9388.1171822645@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <7vps87hlbp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Hi Junio,

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

> Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> [SNIP SNIP] 
> 
> The "format-patch" output was designed to (minimally) mimic what
> you would see in a UNIX mbox as if you (or whoever would apply
> the e-mailed patches to repository) received it, so that anybody
> can later run "am" on it.  The first "From " is what sometimes
> is called "UNIX-From " line, which separates each piece of
> e-mail in mbox formatted mailbox file.  The second one is used
> to record the author of the patch.
> 
> The commit log message is expected to be:
> 
> 	A single line description of a patch
> 
> 	More detailed explanation of the patch with
>         possibly multi-line or multi-paragraph text.
> 
> and the single line description becomes the subject.

Ok so I need to revert my usual practise :)

 
Thank you for your answers. I know have understood what was wrong
;)

Regards,

Xavier