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Doc: show example scissors line 

The text tries to say the code accepts many variations that look remotely
like scissors and perforation marks, but gives too little detail for users
to decide what is and what is not taken as a scissors line for themselves.
Instead of describing the heuristics more, just spell out what will always
be accepted, namely "-- >8 --", as it would not help users to give them
more choices and flexibility and be "creative" in their scissors line.

Signed-off-by: Evan Gates <evan.gates@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Evan Gates 2020-09-28 15:51:08 -07:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ conversion, even with this flag.
is useful in order to associate commits with mailing list discussions. is useful in order to associate commits with mailing list discussions.


--scissors:: --scissors::
Remove everything in body before a scissors line. A line that Remove everything in body before a scissors line (e.g. "-- >8 --").
mainly consists of scissors (either ">8" or "8<") and perforation The line represents scissors and perforation marks, and is used to
(dash "-") marks is called a scissors line, and is used to request request the reader to cut the message at that line. If that line
the reader to cut the message at that line. If such a line
appears in the body of the message before the patch, everything appears in the body of the message before the patch, everything
before it (including the scissors line itself) is ignored when before it (including the scissors line itself) is ignored when
this option is used. this option is used.