Subject: Re: git am and mangled subject lines

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:05:56 -0800

Hi Phillip,

Phillip Susi wrote:

> git am already ignores the "[PATCH X/Y]" prefix that format-patch
> adds.  Is it possible to get it to ignore any additional prefix that a
> bug tracker mangles into the subject line?  i.e. "bug #nnnn:"?

builtin/mailinfo.c is the place to start (see git-mailinfo(1)).
This is a little tricky because some people *like* the "bug #nnnn:"
in the subject line for a commit.

Hope that helps,
Jonathan