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Re: git leaves behind .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG non-shared in --shared non-bare repo

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Yaroslav Halchenko <yoh@onerussian.com>
Date
Dec 19, 2015, 15:01 UTC
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<1CDB6F0D-B48B-473D-A043-0AA38A808B43@onerussian.com>
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<alpine.DEB.2.20.1512191137450.6483@virtualbox>
fwiw that file is created not only by interactive tasks by with a regular commit -m msg as well.
On December 19, 2015 5:40:43 AM EST, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
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>Hi Yaroslav,
>
>On Fri, 18 Dec 2015, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
>
>> Not sure for what batch operations that file is actually useful,
>
>None. This file is written when you commit interactively. It is deleted
>afterwards, unless aborted in a fatal manner.
>
>So I would try to find out who the heck is working interactively
>without
>finishing their commit message in that shared directory.
>
>Ciao,
>Johannes
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  1. Yaroslav HalchenkoDec 18, 2015
  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 19, 2015
  3. SZEDER GáborDec 19, 2015
  4. Johannes SchindelinDec 19, 2015
  5. Yaroslav HalchenkoDec 19, 2015

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