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Re: git-mailinfo munges the patch?

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Mar 29, 2007, 21:19 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0703291417250.6730@woody.linux-foundation.org>
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Don Zickus wrote:
> 
> Ok.  I see what you are saying with the old code.  Sorry about that.  Do
> you have a sample file that I can play with to test my fix?

On that note - here's an unrelated simple case that the old mailinfo got right, but the new one seems to screw up: multiple Subject: lines.

The old one would make later Subject: lines override the earlier ones, and I depended on that when I fix up peoples emails to me manually (you wouldn't believe how bad explanations or subject lines people use for perfectly good patches ;)

The current mailinfo seems to just take the first one. 
		Linus
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  1. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2007
  2. Don ZickusMar 29, 2007
  3. Linus TorvaldsMar 29, 2007
  4. Don ZickusMar 29, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2007
  6. Don ZickusMar 29, 2007

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