From: Sverre Rabbelier Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:26:44 GMT Subject: Re: git-format-patch should include a checksum Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vljfkxxj9.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Heya, On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 00:21, Junio C Hamano wrote: > format-patch/am pair is designed to be lenient, allowing people to write > additional messages after the three-dash lines after the output is made > but before it is given to the MUA for sending the result out, for example, > so adding a checksum over the entire output and forcing a check upon > application is really a bad idea, even though, provided if the patch is > done cleanly, it might be acceptable as an optional feature. I would imagine that the checksum is taken over just the actual commit message, perhaps author information, and use the patch-id for the patch itself, that way any comments after triple dash would be ignored, right? -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier