Hey there,
git-am seems to omit colons in the beginning of a subject line.
I have the following simple patch (just an example):
$ cat 0001-four-colons-prepended.patch
From e8213a2d10a61c9dc75521d88d656b8d5330e6bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Filenko <contact@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:21:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] :::: four colons prepended
---
file.txt | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt
index 4dd1ef7..b5da95d 100644
--- a/file.txt
+++ b/file.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-This is a file.
+This is a plain text file.
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2.17.2 (Apple Git-113)
I apply this patch:
$ git am 0001-four-colons-prepended.patch
Applying: four colons prepended
As you might have already noticed git message above doesn't have colons.
Let's double check this:
$ git show
commit 6341a6a2872f850ecb376c268b1b3bae54a6a74f (HEAD -> master)
Author: Max Filenko <contact@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Feb 12 12:21:21 2019 +0100
four colons prepended
diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt
index 4dd1ef7..b5da95d 100644
--- a/file.txt
+++ b/file.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-This is a file.
+This is a plain text file.
The commit message reads 'four colons prepended' while it should read
':::: four colons prepended'.
Colons are missing in the commit message after apllying this patch.
I don't think that's an expected behaviour, isn't it?
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Cheers,
Max
