linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git 1.7.10

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Message-ID: <m3398bbf7y.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:43:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Jakub Narebski <jnareb@...il.com>
To:	Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>
Cc:	git@...r.kernel.org, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git 1.7.10

Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com> writes:

> Git v1.7.10 Release Notes
> =========================
> 
> Compatibility Notes
> -------------------
[...]
>  * The "--binary/-b" options to "git am" have been a no-op for quite a
>    while and were deprecated in mid 2008 (v1.6.0).  When you give these
>    options to "git am", it will now warn and ask you not to use them.
[...]
> Updates since v1.7.9
> --------------------
[...]
>  * "git am" learned to pass "-b" option to underlying "git mailinfo", so
>    that a bracketed string other than "PATCH" at the beginning can be kept.

So how it is in 1.7.10?  Is "git am -b ..." a no-op, now showing
deprecation notice, or does it pass "-b" to "git mailinfo" to limit
stripping of bracketed strings to those containing the word "PATCH"?

-- 
Jakub Narebski

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