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SubmittingPatches: explain rationale for using --notes with format-patch
While here, also change grammatically poor "three dash lines" to "three-dash line". Suggested-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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You often want to add additional explanation about the patch,
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other than the commit message itself. Place such "cover letter"
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material between the three dash lines and the diffstat. Git-notes
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can also be inserted using the `--notes` option.
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material between the three-dash line and the diffstat. For
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patches requiring multiple iterations of review and discussion,
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an explanation of changes between each iteration can be kept in
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Git-notes and inserted automatically following the three-dash
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line via `git format-patch --notes`.
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Do not attach the patch as a MIME attachment, compressed or not.
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Do not let your e-mail client send quoted-printable. Do not let

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