Josh Triplett [off-list ref] writes:
I'd suggest squashing in an *additional* patch to the testsuite to
ensure the presence of the blank line:
Thanks, will do.
quoted hunk
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index 535857e..8d90a6e 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -1515,8 +1515,9 @@ test_expect_success 'format-patch -o overrides format.outputDirectory' '
test_expect_success 'format-patch --base' '
git checkout side &&
- git format-patch --stdout --base=HEAD~3 -1 | tail -n 6 >actual &&
- echo "base-commit: $(git rev-parse HEAD~3)" >expected &&
+ git format-patch --stdout --base=HEAD~3 -1 | tail -n 7 >actual &&
+ echo >expected &&
+ echo "base-commit: $(git rev-parse HEAD~3)" >>expected &&
echo "prerequisite-patch-id: $(git show --patch HEAD~2 | git patch-id --stable | awk "{print \$1}")" >>expected &&
echo "prerequisite-patch-id: $(git show --patch HEAD~1 | git patch-id --stable | awk "{print \$1}")" >>expected &&
signature >> expected &&