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[PATCH v6] commit: add a commit.verbose config variable

From
Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 14, 2016, 20:50 UTC
Message-ID
<0102015376e53b40-d25f7fdc-4ae1-4aae-b779-052fcf252071-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com>

Add commit.verbose configuration variable as a convenience for those who always prefer --verbose.

Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@gmail.com>
---
The previous versions of this patch are:
 - [v5] $gmane/288728
 - [v4] $gmane/288652
 - [v3] $gmane/288634
 - [v2] $gmane/288569
 - [v1] $gmane/287540
The changes with respect to the last version are :
 - Use Helped-by tag instead of Mentored-by.
 - Use "^diff --git" instead of "*diff --git".
 - Add a different test to check whether the verbose option did not break status.
---
 Documentation/config.txt     |  4 ++++
 Documentation/git-commit.txt |  3 ++-
 builtin/commit.c             |  4 ++++
 t/t7507-commit-verbose.sh    | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 01cca0a..9b93f6c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1110,6 +1110,10 @@ commit.template::
 	"`~/`" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the
 	specified user's home directory.
 
+commit.verbose::
+	A boolean to specify whether to always include the verbose option
+	with `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1].
+
 credential.helper::
 	Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
 	password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 9ec6b3c..d474226 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
 	what changes the commit has.
 	Note that this diff output doesn't have its
 	lines prefixed with '#'. This diff will not be a part
-	of the commit message.
+	of the commit message. See the `commit.verbose` configuration
+	variable in linkgit:git-config[1].
 +
 If specified twice, show in addition the unified diff between
 what would be committed and the worktree files, i.e. the unstaged
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index b3bd2d4..e0b96231 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1505,6 +1505,10 @@ static int git_commit_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 		sign_commit = git_config_bool(k, v) ? "" : NULL;
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(k, "commit.verbose")) {
+		verbose = git_config_bool(k, v);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	status = git_gpg_config(k, v, NULL);
 	if (status)
diff --git a/t/t7507-commit-verbose.sh b/t/t7507-commit-verbose.sh
index 2ddf28c..35960b4 100755
--- a/t/t7507-commit-verbose.sh
+++ b/t/t7507-commit-verbose.sh
@@ -96,4 +96,33 @@ test_expect_success 'verbose diff is stripped out with set core.commentChar' '
 	test_i18ngrep "Aborting commit due to empty commit message." err
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'commit.verbose true and --verbose omitted' '
+	git -c commit.verbose=true commit --amend
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'commit.verbose true and --no-verbose' '
+	test_must_fail git -c commit.verbose=true commit --amend --no-verbose
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'commit.verbose false and --verbose' '
+	git -c commit.verbose=false commit --amend --verbose
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'commit.verbose false and --verbose omitted' '
+	test_must_fail git -c commit.verbose=false commit --amend
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'commit.verbose true and --verbose' '
+	git -c commit.verbose=true commit --amend --verbose
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'commit.verbose false and --no-verbose' '
+	test_must_fail git -c commit.verbose=false commit --amend --no-verbose
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'status ignores commit.verbose=true' '
+	git status >actual &&
+	! grep "^diff --git" actual
+'
+
 test_done

--
https://github.com/git/git/pull/205
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