SubmittingPatches: explain rationale for using --notes with format-patch

diff --git a/trailer.c b/trailer.c
index 6ae786505ae782809cbc0fa3599c88c7783782d5..a905f5c50cef099c23d8a05acefc279168de69ec 100644 (file)
--- a/trailer.c
+++ b/trailer.c
@@ -582,8 +582,12 @@ static int parse_trailer(struct strbuf *tok, struct strbuf *val, const char *tra
        strbuf_addch(&seps, '=');
        len = strcspn(trailer, seps.buf);
        strbuf_release(&seps);
-       if (len == 0)
-               return error(_("empty trailer token in trailer '%s'"), trailer);
+       if (len == 0) {
+               int l = strlen(trailer);
+               while (l > 0 && isspace(trailer[l - 1]))
+                       l--;
+               return error(_("empty trailer token in trailer '%.*s'"), l, trailer);
+       }
        if (len < strlen(trailer)) {
                strbuf_add(tok, trailer, len);
                strbuf_trim(tok);
@@ -803,8 +807,10 @@ static int process_input_file(struct strbuf **lines,
 
        /* Parse trailer lines */
        for (i = trailer_start; i < patch_start; i++) {
-               struct trailer_item *new = create_trailer_item(lines[i]->buf);
-               add_trailer_item(in_tok_first, in_tok_last, new);
+               if (lines[i]->buf[0] != comment_line_char) {
+                       struct trailer_item *new = create_trailer_item(lines[i]->buf);
+                       add_trailer_item(in_tok_first, in_tok_last, new);
+               }
        }
 
        return patch_start;