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| author | David Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com> | 2015-10-08 16:07:06 +0100 |
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| committer | David Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com> | 2015-10-08 16:19:39 +0100 |
| commit | 6fc2106e6704b632dc6ea04410ea89e1fa4ca43c (patch) | |
| tree | b53e9cfe99828128c4b0e9c5c26367edda2ec3e4 /pod/perlgit.pod | |
| parent | 0648b1fdb6985f3b6857b4eb2281b7f3bb68f661 (diff) | |
| download | perl-6fc2106e6704b632dc6ea04410ea89e1fa4ca43c.tar.gz | |
perlgit.pod: how to unescape 'git am' From lines
Due to Reasons, some UNIX mail systems escape any leading 'From ' lines
with a '>'. Explain how to un-escape them.
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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlgit.pod | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlgit.pod b/pod/perlgit.pod index 3eb0dbbdd6..f5d4fec14e 100644 --- a/pod/perlgit.pod +++ b/pod/perlgit.pod @@ -616,6 +616,11 @@ C<git am>: % git am 0001-Rename-Leon-Brocard-to-Orange-Brocard.patch Applying Rename Leon Brocard to Orange Brocard +Note that some UNIX mail systems can mess with text attachments containing +'From '. This will fix them up: + + % perl -pi -e's/^>From /From /' 0001-Rename-Leon-Brocard-to-Orange-Brocard.patch + If just a raw diff is provided, it is also possible use this two-step process: |