GNU bug report logs - #14382
appearance of vc-log header separator line

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Message #50 received at 14382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 14382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#14382: 24.3.50; Strange display bug
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 02:11:59 +0400

On 12.05.2013 1:44, Richard Stallman wrote:
>      What the "Author:" does is encourage people to indicate who's the real
>      author of the code.
>
> If the idea is to propose a general format convention for VC change
> log entries,

Not at all. The "Format" header value is translated into the first line 
of the commit message. The "Author" header value is translated into the 
"--author" argument passed to the VCS program.

So, having the "Author:" header present in a new log-edit-mode buffer is 
meant to encourage users to fill in its value, i.e. specify the actual 
author of the code they are checking in.

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