Re: git-browse-help?

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Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> BTW, Junio, I remember discussion a long time ago about doing:
>
>   cover letter
>   -- >8 --
>   commit
>   ---
>   diff
>
> versus
>
>   commit
>   ---
>   cover letter
>   diff
>
> and I recall that you did not have a strong preference. I have started
> using the former, as I find it a bit more convenient to write (and I
> think it is more readable when you are following up a discussion rather
> than writing a real cover letter or commenting on the patch).

Yeah, and it is not too inconvenient to trim it off if you use "am -i"
or "commit --amend".  An added bonus is unlike the "top-post" style, the
cover material is available when editing the final log message, so I
actually slightly prefer "cover -- >8 -- log --- patch" myself.


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