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Re: [PATCH] git-commit: filter out log message lines only when editor was run.

From
Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
Date
Jun 25, 2006, 07:21 UTC
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<20060625072100.GG1502@nowhere.earth>
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On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 09:08:02AM +0200, Marco Costalba wrote:
> 1) It's ok to let git-comit do not strip comment lines, it's already
> done by qgit.
That's great news :)
> 2) Please don't change git status output to use another symbol to mark
> comment lines because it will break line stripping code.

If it ever gets changed, it should anyway IMHO be made a parameter. A strategy could be to make it customizable first, advertize this loudly so tools adapt themselves to force the prefix to what suits them best, and then eventually change the default in a major release.

Best regards,
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Message 3 of 3 in “Re: [PATCH] git-commit: filter out log message lines only when editor was run.”
  1. Yann DirsonJun 24, 2006
  2. Marco CostalbaJun 25, 2006
  3. Yann DirsonJun 25, 2006

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