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[PATCH] commit: switch core.commentChar if it's found in existing commit

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
May 16, 2014, 10:59 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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If we need to use core.commentChar and it's already in the prepared message, find another char among a small subset. This should stop surprises because git strips some lines unexpectedly. Of course if candicate characters happen to be all out, this change does not help.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
 > But maybe git should detect that the
 > current commit message has leading '#' and automatically switch to
 > another character..
 Something like this. Lightly tested.. I know there's a small bug..
 builtin/commit.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 6ab4605..70ceb61 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -593,6 +593,32 @@ static char *cut_ident_timestamp_part(char *string)
 	return ket;
 }
 
+static void adjust_comment_line_char(const struct strbuf *sb)
+{
+	char candidates[] = " !@#$%^&|:;~";
+	char *candidate;
+	const char *p;
+	if (!sb->len)
+		return;
+	candidates[0] = comment_line_char;
+	p = sb->buf;
+	do {
+		candidate = strchr(candidates, *p);
+		if (candidate)
+			*candidate = ' ';
+		p = strchrnul(p, '\n');
+		if (*p)
+			p++;
+	} while (*p);
+	if (strchr(candidates, comment_line_char)) {
+		p = candidates;
+		while (*p && *p == ' ')
+			p++;
+		if (*p)
+			comment_line_char = *p;
+	}
+}
+
 static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 			     struct commit *current_head,
 			     struct wt_status *s,
@@ -748,6 +774,9 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 	if (fwrite(sb.buf, 1, sb.len, s->fp) < sb.len)
 		die_errno(_("could not write commit template"));
 
+	if (use_editor && include_status)
+		adjust_comment_line_char(&sb);
+
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
 
 	/* This checks if committer ident is explicitly given */
-- 
1.9.1.346.ga2b5940
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Message 4 of 17 in “Fwd: [Bug] - Processing commit message after amend”
  1. Michal StasaMay 16, 2014
  2. Duy NguyenMay 16, 2014
  3. Michal StasaMay 16, 2014
  4. commit: switch core.commentChar if it's found in existing commitNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 16, 2014
  5. 1/2 config: be strict on core.commentCharNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 16, 2014
  6. 2/2 commit: allow core.commentChar=auto for character auto selectionNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 16, 2014
  7. Jonathan NiederMay 16, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2014
  9. Duy NguyenMay 16, 2014
  10. Felipe ContrerasMay 16, 2014
  11. Jonathan NiederMay 16, 2014
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2014
  13. 1/2 config: be strict on core.commentCharNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 17, 2014
  14. 2/2 commit: allow core.commentChar=auto for character auto selectionNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 17, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2014
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2014
  17. David KastrupMay 16, 2014

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