Teach append_signoff to detect whether a blank line exists at the position that the signed-off-by line will be added, and refrain from adding an additional one if one already exists. Or, add an additional line if one is needed to make sure the new footer is separated from the message body by a blank line. Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <bcasey@xxxxxxxxxx> --- A slight tweak. And I promise, no more are coming. -Brandon sequencer.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c index 3364faa..084573b 100644 --- a/sequencer.c +++ b/sequencer.c @@ -1127,8 +1127,19 @@ void append_signoff(struct strbuf *msgbuf, int ignore_footer, unsigned flag) else has_footer = has_conforming_footer(msgbuf, &sob, ignore_footer); - if (!has_footer) - strbuf_splice(msgbuf, msgbuf->len - ignore_footer, 0, "\n", 1); + if (!has_footer) { + const char *append_newlines = NULL; + size_t len = msgbuf->len - ignore_footer; + + if (len && msgbuf->buf[len - 1] != '\n') + append_newlines = "\n\n"; + else if (len > 1 && msgbuf->buf[len - 2] != '\n') + append_newlines = "\n"; + + if (append_newlines) + strbuf_splice(msgbuf, msgbuf->len - ignore_footer, 0, + append_newlines, strlen(append_newlines)); + } if (has_footer != 3 && (!no_dup_sob || has_footer != 2)) strbuf_splice(msgbuf, msgbuf->len - ignore_footer, 0, -- 1.8.1.1.252.gdb33759 -- 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