Re: git-format-patch should include a checksum

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Heya,

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 00:21, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> 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
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