From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [PATCH] format-patch: use raw format for notes Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:17:32 -0700 > [--] more importantly, the contents of the note loses its crucial > leading spaces that makes sure that any random lines in the note > that happen to begin with "diff", "---", etc. are not mistaken as > the beginning of the first patch. Thanks for quick response. That was indeed a compelling point. > So, no, this change is not a good thing to do, at least in its > current form. Besides, unconditional change like this will break > existing users. I see that similar patch was proposed in 2017. I should have searched more thoroughly, I guess. --Tuomas A.
