Re: [PATCH] [git-am] Handle "git show" output correctly

Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:

Peter Jones [off-list ref] writes:

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Subject: [PATCH] [git-am] Handle "git show" output correctly

The convention in Git is "<subsystem>: <summary of change>" (i.e. no
brackets around git-am, just am: and no capital for Handle).

My other concerns (name of stgit, multi-lines subject lines and lack of
documentation) still hold.

We do not want to apply "git show" output that munges the log
message, period.

If you want to give patches to somebody (or to yourself) via e-mail
or via sneaker-net, "git format-patch" is there for you.  Do not
butcher "am" to accept a format that is not meant for patch
transport in the first place.

If you want to screw something in to your shelf, you would use a
screw and a screwdriver.  You do not try to hammer a nail using your
screwdriver, find that the screwdriver is not very useful as a
hammer and modify the screwdriver to hit your nail.