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[PATCH 3/4] git-commit: only append a newline to -m mesg if necessary

From
Brandon Casey <drafnel@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 19, 2013, 04:17 UTC
Message-ID
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Currently, git will append two newlines to every message supplied via the -m switch. The purpose of this is to allow -m to be supplied multiple times and have each supplied string become a paragraph in the resulting commit message.

Normally, this does not cause a problem since any trailing newlines will be removed by the cleanup operation. If cleanup=verbatim for example, then the trailing newlines will not be removed and will survive into the resulting commit message.

Instead, let's ensure that the string supplied to -m is newline terminated, but only append a second newline when appending additional messages.

Fixes the test in t7502.
Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <drafnel@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/commit.c  | 4 +++-
 t/t7502-commit.sh | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 3348aa1..d21d07a 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ static int opt_parse_m(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 	if (unset)
 		strbuf_setlen(buf, 0);
 	else {
+		if (buf->len)
+			strbuf_addch(buf, '\n');
 		strbuf_addstr(buf, arg);
-		strbuf_addstr(buf, "\n\n");
+		strbuf_complete_line(buf);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/t/t7502-commit.sh b/t/t7502-commit.sh
index 39e55f8..292bc08 100755
--- a/t/t7502-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7502-commit.sh
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cleanup commit messages (verbatim option,-F)' '
 
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'cleanup commit messages (verbatim option,-m)' '
+test_expect_success 'cleanup commit messages (verbatim option,-m)' '
 
 	echo >>negative &&
 	git commit --cleanup=verbatim -m "$mesg_with_comment_and_newlines" -a &&
-- 
1.8.1.3.638.g372f416.dirty
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  1. 1/4 t/t7502: compare entire commit message with what was expectedBrandon Casey, Feb 19, 2013
  2. 2/4 t7502: demonstrate breakage with a commit message with trailing newlinesBrandon Casey, Feb 19, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederFeb 19, 2013
  4. 3/4 git-commit: only append a newline to -m mesg if necessaryBrandon Casey, Feb 19, 2013
  5. Jonathan NiederFeb 19, 2013
  6. 4/4 Documentation/git-commit.txt: correct a few minor grammatical mistakesBrandon Casey, Feb 19, 2013
  7. Jonathan NiederFeb 19, 2013
  8. Brandon CaseyFeb 19, 2013
  9. Jonathan NiederFeb 19, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2013
  11. 4/4 Documentation/git-commit.txt: rework the --cleanup sectionBrandon Casey, Feb 19, 2013
  12. 4/4 Documentation/git-commit.txt: rework the --cleanup sectionBrandon Casey, Feb 19, 2013
  13. 4/4 Documentation/git-commit.txt: rework the --cleanup sectionBrandon Casey, Feb 19, 2013
  14. fixup! Documentation/git-commit.txt: rework the --cleanup sectionJonathan Nieder, Feb 19, 2013
  15. Brandon CaseyFeb 19, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2013
  17. Jonathan NiederFeb 19, 2013
  18. Jonathan NiederFeb 19, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2013

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