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Message-ID: <87bp6osghq.fsf@benpfaff.org>
Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:26:25 -0700
From:	blp@...stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff)
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"mingo\@redhat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"tglx\@linutronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"jeremy.fitzhardinge\@citrix.com" <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	"linux-tip-commits\@vger.kernel.org" 
	<linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/mm] x86, mm: Fix incorrect data type in vmalloc_sync_all()

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com> writes:

> ... and that confused the scripts.  The way git wants it commentary
> information should go *after* the "---" line.
>
> (This is a constant problem, by the way: people seems to want to prefix,
> not suffix, their commentary; "cover letter" style.)  I suspect git
> needs to change, but it's hard to know exactly how to change it.

Recent Git has a "scissors" feature that can be used to insert a
cover letter above the commit message.
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"It's like herding cats, only most of the engineers are already
 sick of laser pointers."
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