Baruch Siach <baruch@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi Junio, > > On Thu, Apr 04 2019, Junio C. Hamano wrote: >> Baruch Siach <baruch@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>>> Independently, I think it makes sense to do something like >>>> >>>> /^([a-z][a-z-]*-by|Cc): (.*)/i >>>> >>>> to tighten the match to exclude a non-trailer; that would have been >>>> sufficient for the original case that triggered this thread. >>> >>> Is there anything I need to do more to get this fix applied for the next >>> git release? >> >> Get "this" fix applied? I think we should tighten the regexp to >> exclude a non-trailer, which would have been sufficient for the >> original case without anything else in "this" fix. So in short, I >> do not think "this" fix won't be applied without further tweaking >> ;-) > > This is exactly what "this" patch (referenced in the title of "this" > thread) is doing: > > https://public-inbox.org/git/eec56beab016182fb78fbd367fcfa97f2ca6a5ff.1552764410.git.baruch@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > Am I missing something? That is totally outside of the in-reply-to/references trail of your ping message, and what I saw in the message you were quoting in your 'ping' was >> $message .= $_; >> - if (/^([a-z-]*-by|Cc): (.*)/i) { >> + if (!$in_patch && /^([a-z-]*-by|Cc): (.*)/i) { >> chomp; which is a lot looser than the suggested "the beginning must be alpha" pattern.