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Re: [PATCH] sequencer: require trailing NL in footers

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Apr 25, 2017, 21:56 UTC
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On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> wrote:
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> On 04/25/2017 02:04 PM, Stefan Beller wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the fix. :)
>> Do we want to test for this use case in the future?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> I'm not sure of the value of including a test for this specific use case,
> because Git normally does not create commit messages with no trailing
> newlines. (To test this, I suspect I would need to use hash-object with a
> specifically crafted commit object.)

Okay, makes sense to omit a test. In that case: Is it needed to hint at how this bug occurred in the wild? (A different Git implementation, which may be fixed now?)

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Message 7 of 18 in “[GIT 2.12.2 REGRESSION] git cherry-pick -x”
  1. Brian NorrisApr 21, 2017
  2. Stefan BellerApr 21, 2017
  3. Jeff KingApr 21, 2017
  4. sequencer: require trailing NL in footersJonathan Tan, Apr 25, 2017
  5. Stefan BellerApr 25, 2017
  6. Jonathan TanApr 25, 2017
  7. Stefan BellerApr 25, 2017
  8. Johannes SchindelinApr 25, 2017
  9. Jonathan NiederApr 25, 2017
  10. Brian NorrisApr 25, 2017
  11. Brian NorrisApr 26, 2017
  12. Johannes SchindelinApr 25, 2017
  13. Jonathan NiederApr 25, 2017
  14. sequencer: require trailing NL in footersJonathan Tan, Apr 25, 2017
  15. Jonathan NiederApr 26, 2017
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2017
  17. Johannes SchindelinApr 26, 2017
  18. sequencer: add newline before adding footersJonathan Tan, Apr 26, 2017

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