Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git 1.7.10

From: Jakub Narebski
Date: Tue Apr 10 2012 - 14:43:59 EST


Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> 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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