Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email> writes: > I haven't looked at what happens on Windows (CRLF usage?) for > multi-line descriptions. The common assumption is LF in repo, with > attributes etc, but the branch description is a bit free format in > terms of guidance ;-) The same approach taken by the format-patch to use a commit-log message to form the subject and the body should be applicable; as long as the resulting cover letters are made the same way as the normal patch e-mails, it is OK. If both are broken wrt CRLF usage or whatever, as long as they are broken in the same way, we can correct both at the same time ;-)