On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 1:49 AM, Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 12:27 AM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> is what you want. Maybe we want to see a patch that adds the reverse >> functionality as well, i.e. git-am will store the the cover letter as the >> branch description and git-merge will propose the branch description for >> the merge commit. > > I almost suggested the same, but there is a problem with this > approach: if you're are on a detached head, where does git-am save it? > -- > Duy Also, what about the case where a branch already has a description such as is the case for something other than an integration branch. How does git-am know the difference and ensure it doesn't overwrite anything? Not everyone uses separate branches for each patch and such. Thanks, Jake -- 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