Re: meaning of --8<--

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On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Markus Heidelberg wrote:
> I've seen lines like "--8<--" several times on this list, but have no
> clue what it is about. OK, seems like it's used to insert diffs in the
> middle of a mail message.
> But is this a common convention or git specific and handled by git-am?
> Is it documented anywhere?

Common convention, meaning 'cut here'.

Perforated line ------
Scissors 8<

Also used in print (although usually with picture of scissors instead
of the ASCII-art).

Peter Harris
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