From: Peter Harris Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:04:37 GMT Subject: Re: meaning of --8<-- Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200901181656.37813.markus.heidelberg@web.de> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Markus Heidelberg wrote: > I've seen lines like "--8<--" several times on this list, but have no > clue what it is about. OK, seems like it's used to insert diffs in the > middle of a mail message. > But is this a common convention or git specific and handled by git-am? > Is it documented anywhere? Common convention, meaning 'cut here'. Perforated line ------ Scissors 8< Also used in print (although usually with picture of scissors instead of the ASCII-art). Peter Harris