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Or just the patches > that will be applied and included into the Linux GIT repository? > > My AET patches are "clean", but the cover letter has some output > from the tree(1) command. So the grep kicks out this: > > ├── mon_PERF_PKG_00 > │   ├── activity > │   └── core_energy > └── mon_PERF_PKG_01 > ├── activity > └── core_energy I think this is fine. I do not know if there is an official rule about this but in this case the problem is the subtle differences in the text when it, like in this changelog, switches between ascii and non-ascii for the "same" character. For example, like when this changelog switches the quotes between "Unavailable" and “Unavailable”. This is unnecessary obfuscation. Reinette