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Re: [PATCH] rebase -i: remove undocumented '--verify' flag

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Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>
Date
Nov 23, 2010, 02:24 UTC
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On Nov 22, 2010, at 12:21 PM, Martin von Zweigbergk wrote:
> (I hope this is the correct way of including a patch. I have only used
> 'git send-email before'. I noticed that Jeff seems to remove the first
> three lines and put a '-- 8> --' before, but others do not. What does
> the mysterious header mean?)

It's actually 8< or >8, and it's a little ASCII icon of a pair of scissors. If a line consists mainly of dashes and scissors then `git am --scissors` can split the mail on that line and treat the rest of the body after that line as a patch.

-Kevin Ballard
Previous: Martin von ZweigbergkNext: Jeff King
Message 6 of 11 in “rebase -i: remove undocumented '--verify' flag”
  1. rebase -i: remove undocumented '--verify' flagMartin von Zweigbergk, Nov 22, 2010
  2. Matthieu MoyNov 22, 2010
  3. Thomas RastNov 22, 2010
  4. Matthieu MoyNov 22, 2010
  5. Martin von ZweigbergkNov 22, 2010
  6. Kevin BallardNov 23, 2010
  7. Jeff KingNov 23, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2010
  10. Martin von ZweigbergkNov 24, 2010
  11. Martin von ZweigbergkNov 22, 2010

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