Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Git v1.7.10 Release Notes > ========================= > > Compatibility Notes > ------------------- [...] > * The "--binary/-b" options to "git am" have been a no-op for quite a > while and were deprecated in mid 2008 (v1.6.0). When you give these > options to "git am", it will now warn and ask you not to use them. [...] > Updates since v1.7.9 > -------------------- [...] > * "git am" learned to pass "-b" option to underlying "git mailinfo", so > that a bracketed string other than "PATCH" at the beginning can be kept. So how it is in 1.7.10? Is "git am -b ..." a no-op, now showing deprecation notice, or does it pass "-b" to "git mailinfo" to limit stripping of bracketed strings to those containing the word "PATCH"? -- Jakub Narebski -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html