On 08/10/2012 09:15 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> The users I am referring to generally have a --- line, rather than >> a scissor, between the cover text and commit. Also, there is >> (almost) always a From: line and subject at the top of the patch >> proper. > > Oh, so it is more like this? > > From: author name <author@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: author date > Subject: patch title > > Heya, > > I was walking my dog when I found a solution to this > problem the other day. Here it is. > > --- > >From 755e8b3f35e3991a735a6be740eda4567d45a741 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: author name <author@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: random date we do not care > Subject: patch title > > commit message body > > --- > That is exactly what I see, except usually with the mbox header. However, it makes sense to me to treat From: as a scissor (we can then ignore the preceding --- completely). -hpa -- 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