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From: Evan Gates <evan.gates@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] Doc: specify exact scissors line
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:20:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200928202035.24218-1-evan.gates@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200925191659.31375-1-evan.gates@gmail.com>

The existing wording covers most of the requirements of a scissors
line, but there is no mention of the minimum size requirement that led
to a six character line ("-->8--") not counting as a scissors line.
Specify the exact line to use ("-- >8 --") instead of trying to document
all the details.

Signed-off-by: Evan Gates <evan.gates@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Specify exact line instead of adding text about 8 character minimum

 Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
index 3bbc731f67..fbb7d2813f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ conversion, even with this flag.
 	is useful in order to associate commits with mailing list discussions.
 
 --scissors::
-	Remove everything in body before a scissors line.  A line that
-	mainly consists of scissors (either ">8" or "8<") and perforation
-	(dash "-") marks is called a scissors line, and is used to request
-	the reader to cut the message at that line.  If such a line
+	Remove everything in body before a scissors line ("-- >8 --").
+	The line represents scissors and perforation marks, and is used to
+	request the reader to cut the message at that line.  If that line
 	appears in the body of the message before the patch, everything
 	before it (including the scissors line itself) is ignored when
 	this option is used.
-- 
2.28.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-09-28 20:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-25 19:16 [PATCH] Doc: note minimum scissors line length for mailinfo Evan Gates
2020-09-28 18:35 ` jrnieder
2020-09-28 18:55   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-28 19:00     ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-09-28 19:20       ` Evan Gates
2020-09-28 19:33         ` Kevin Daudt
2020-09-28 20:20 ` Evan Gates [this message]
2020-09-28 22:31   ` [PATCH v2] Doc: specify exact scissors line Junio C Hamano
2020-09-28 22:51   ` [PATCH v3] Doc: show example " Evan Gates
2020-09-28 23:41     ` Junio C Hamano

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