Re: bug? illegal text in commit log

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:

The only part of the workflow that can count the number reliably is format-patch. But the output of format-patch is designed to be edited further, and expecting users to adjust the number when they make such an edit is a bit too much.

As nobody in the discussion seem to care any e-mail source other than format-patch, we may probably be able to teach mailinfo that

 * the first line that 
   - begins with "diff " or "Index", or
   - is "---" (and nothing else on the line)
   signals that the line no longer is part of the log

 * but if it finds a line that begins with "diff --git" (or
   optionally just "diff "), do not blindly assume that is the end
   of the log, and instead try to find the first "---" line.  If
   there isn't any "---", then take that "diff" line the beginning
   of the patch, but if there is, "---" is the end of the message.

The latter rule is the new one. And there is no need to change format-patch output.