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From: Diego Novillo <dnovillo@google.com>
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Bernd Schmidt wrote:

> I'd much prefer the text from the mail message be repeated in the commit
> log.  Removes one step of indirection both when writing and reading the log.

I guess that could work, but that wouldn't give a way into the history 
for the change.  Several times there is a post-mortem discussion on the 
patch, leading to more patches.


Diego.