On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 00:37:41 +0200 Florian Schlichting <f...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: git > Version: 1:1.7.10.4-2 > Severity: wishlist > > It would be helpful to have 'git am' recognize DEP-3 style patch headers > in Debian. While it correctly extracts the author and description when > the headers are called 'Subject' and 'From', it fails to do so when the > alternative forms 'Description' and 'Author' are used.
Hi Florian, I agree with this, and at the time of writing, this issue is still oustanding. That said, I'm wondering whether the solution is: - Patch upstream git to do this - Patch only Debian's git to do this (would require the git package maintainer to rebase the patch after every release... possible quite ugly) - Modify dquilt to generate git am compatible headers. I don't feel like I have enough background to suggest which of these is the right way to go, but I am interested in helping to get this done, as it would be very useful to myself and others. Any thoughts?
