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+# git mailinfo
+
+> Extract patch and authorship information from a single email message.
+> More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-mailinfo>.
+
+- Extract the patch and author data from an email message:
+
+`git mailinfo {{message|patch}}`
+
+- Extract but remove leading and trailing whitespace:
+
+`git mailinfo -k {{message|patch}}`
+
+- Remove everything from the body before a scissors line (e.g. "-->* --") and retrieve the message or patch:
+
+`git mailinfo --scissors {{message|patch}}`