From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs-diffs emails can get long subject if log starts with "*" Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:58:11 +0100 Message-ID: <87389azvuk.fsf@igel.home> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416697116 19810 80.91.229.3 (22 Nov 2014 22:58:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:58:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 22 23:58:29 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XsJdM-0006mA-NJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:58:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47048 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsJdM-0001oH-4T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:58:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49721) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsJdD-0001ka-TM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:58:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsJd8-000132-J7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:58:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:48560) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsJd8-00012w-CO; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:58:14 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3jlVQs0RY1z3hjJm; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:58:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3jlVQr6HSXzvh1k; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:58:12 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Vi8e_3OyOsuF; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:58:12 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: BIgOziYYJnS9CoYMfFibrXvAk2DFyLOsXMx5zeOaBdTpvqJbm4EJVwAhSsYLf0Rx Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-188-174-148-213.dynamic.mnet-online.de [188.174.148.213]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:58:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E4D6B2C0569; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:58:11 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: Pardon me, but do you know what it means to be TRULY ONE with your BOOTH! In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:31:05 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.18.0.9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:178044 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > If you start your commit message with a "*" (which is quite a common > practice for Emacs), git-multimail ignores line-breaks in your commit > log, and stuffs the entire log into the subject of the mail that it > sends out to emacs-diffs. This has nothing to do with the asterisk. The first paragraph of the log message is taken to be the summary. You get the same behaviour with git format-patch or git log --oneline. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."