linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH v2][QUILT] Add gpg signing to quilt mail

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Message-ID: <1317753468.18063.19.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:37:45 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	quilt-dev <quilt-dev@...gnu.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v2][QUILT] Add gpg signing to quilt mail

On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 11:26 -0700, Greg KH wrote:

> > What are git's "split" subject: lines?
> 
> Do the following:
>  $ git show --pretty=email 21d17dd2a377ba894f26989915eb3c6e427a3656
> 
> and look at how the Subject line is formatted:
> 	Subject: [PATCH] ASoC: Fix setting update bits for WM8753_LADC and
> 	 WM8753_RADC
> 
> Which is legal for email subject lines.  But quilt can't handle this and
> ends up thinking the data after the Subject: line is part of the patch
> text body and messes stuff up when doing 'quilt mail' later.
> 
> So I have to remember to edit the subject: lines all the time, and
> cringe when I forget.
> 
> Oh, then there's the issue of quilt not handling ',' in a Signed-off-by
> line as a valid email address name, but I've been living with that one
> for years...
> 

Hmm, while I'm currently working under the quilt hood, I'll see if I
could get some patches here to help you out ;)

-- Steve


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