On 11/03/2008, Paul Mackerras [off-list ref] wrote:
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This line needs to be exactly 3 dashes, because otherwise the tools
include the diffstat into the commit message. Putting 4 or more
dashes was an annoying habit Linas had, and it means I have to fix it
manually (usually after I have committed the patches, and then notice
that the commit message has the extra stuff in it, so I have to go
back and fix the separators, reset my tree and re-commit the patches.)
Sorry, I had no idea! If I didn't have enough dashes, then quilt would
sometimes wipe out the comment at the top, so paranoia made me
add lots of dashes.
--linas