git-rebase nukes multiline comments

[Matthias Hopf]

On Jun 16, 06 12:55:43 -0500, David Kowis wrote:
> > I'm new to git, but I tried what you said.
> > my git log:
> > commit c846bea8c61bec7cf0f7688c48abc42577b9ac7f
> > Author: David Kowis <dkowis at kain.org>
> > Date:   Fri Jun 16 12:20:08 2006 -0500
> > 
> >     this is a multi
> > 
> >     line comment
> >     with three lines
> > 
> > 
> > I'm using git 1.4.0. It added a blank line in there...

O-key. Did this work w/o a blank line as well? Then we can assume this
solved in 1.4.0. Now there's still the question whether the log messages
in the upstream archive can be restored...

> I'm going to note that the xorg ML cc doesn't work for anyone not
> subscribed... You may miss out on replies.

I'm subscribed here as well :-)
I just CC'ed xorg so people over there know about the issue as well.

CU

Matthias

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