On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 2:53 PM Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > A tangent. > > > > Because this "-- " is a conventional signature separator, MUAs like > > Emacs message-mode seems to omit everything below it from the quote > > while responding, making it cumbersome to comment on the tbdiff. > > > > Something to think about if somebody is contemplating on adding more > > to format-patch's cover letter. > > +cc Eric who needs to think about this tangent, then. > https://public-inbox.org/git/20180530080325.37520-1-sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ The "git-format-patch --range-diff" option implemented by that patch series (and its upcoming re-roll) place the range-diff before the "-- " signature line, so this isn't a problem. I think Junio's tangent was targeted more at humans blindly plopping the copy/pasted range-diff at the end of the cover letter without taking the "-- " signature line into account. (Indeed, Gmail hides everything below the "-- " line by default, as well.)
