From: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 02:57:37 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] doc: trailer: drop "commit message part" phrasing
Message-ID: <owlyleglo2ji.fsf@fine.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD2iej1EhUtR=+wqcnnoYrwCPFoR2ed71Wswyd8CYPthFA@mail.gmail.com>

Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:

>> +This command can also operate on the output of  
>> linkgit:git-format-patch[1],
>> +which is more elaborate than a plain commit message. Namely, such output
>> +includes a commit message (as above), a "---" divider line, and a patch  
>> part.
>> +For these inputs, the divider and patch parts are ignored, unless  
>> `--no-divider`
>> +is specified.

> I think saying "the divider and patch parts are ignored" is a bit
> ambiguous. It could mean that when a patch is read by the command only
> its commit message, possibly modified by the command, is emitted on
> the standard output.

Indeed. Updated in v4.