In real life, we will see a discussion that inspired this patch discussing related and unrelated things around >8 scissors mark in this part of the message. Subject: [PATCH] BLAH TWO And then we will see the scissors. This line is not a scissors mark -- >8 -- but talks about it. - - >8 - - please remove everything above this line - - >8 - - Subject: [PATCH] Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- mark From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> This teaches mailinfo the scissors -- >8 -- mark; the command ignores everything before it in the message body. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>