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#31 fedpkg update doesn't say how to create a multi-line note
Closed: Fixed Opened by cqi.

Closed: Fixed
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This was reported by @kparal in ticket.

If I run "fedpkg update", a text file is provided to be filled out. There is this section:

 # Description of your update················································
notes=Here is where you give an explanation of your update.

It is completely unclear how to create a multiline description (Bodhi web front-end offers multiline descriptions and they are often needed).

The comment above notes= should say how to do that, or at least the man page should say that.

I think I've found out that adding two spaces at the beginning of each line creates a correct multi-line description. But I can't verify that right now. If someone can, it would be welcome.

Thanks, that was very useful. I can confirm that adding more lines below notes= and having those lines start with a space (1 space is enough) does the trick.

+1 For adding this to comment in the template above notes=

This is a comment from user jwrdegoede. What he mentioned in comment could be the resolution for this issue.

This had been fixed in https://pagure.io/fedpkg/pull-request/124

Metadata Update from @cqi:
- Issue close_status updated to: Fixed
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)
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