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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2022-09-09 15:08:29 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2022-09-09 15:08:29 -0700
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@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ non-whitespace lines before a line that starts with '---' (followed by a
space or the end of the line). Such three minus signs start the patch
part of the message. See also `--no-divider` below.
-When reading trailers, there can be whitespaces after the
-token, the separator and the value. There can also be whitespaces
-inside the token and the value. The value may be split over multiple lines with
-each subsequent line starting with whitespace, like the "folding" in RFC 822.
+When reading trailers, there can be no whitespace before or inside the
+token, but any number of regular space and tab characters are allowed
+between the token and the separator. There can be whitespaces before,
+inside or after the value. The value may be split over multiple lines
+with each subsequent line starting with at least one whitespace, like
+the "folding" in RFC 822.
Note that 'trailers' do not follow and are not intended to follow many
rules for RFC 822 headers. For example they do not follow