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Re: [PATCH v2] git-commit: populate the edit buffer with 2 blank lines before s-o-b

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 22, 2013, 22:35 UTC
Message-ID
<20130222223513.GA21579@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<1361570727-20255-1-git-send-email-bcasey@nvidia.com>
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 02:05:27PM -0800, Brandon Casey wrote:
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> From: Brandon Casey <drafnel@gmail.com>
> 
> Before commit 33f2f9ab, 'commit -s' would populate the edit buffer with
> a blank line before the Signed-off-by line.  This provided a nice
> hint to the user that something should be filled in.  Let's restore that
> behavior, but now let's ensure that the Signed-off-by line is preceded
> by two blank lines to hint that something should be filled in, and that
> a blank line should separate it from the Signed-off-by line.
> 
> Plus, add a test for this behavior.
> 
> Reported-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <drafnel@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> How about something like this?

FWIW, as a casual reader of this series, I find this to be way easier to follow than the previous round.

-Peff
Previous: Brandon CaseyNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 30 of 41 in “unify appending of sob”
  1. 00/12 unify appending of sobBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  2. 01/12 sequencer.c: rework search for start of footer to improve clarityBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  3. 02/12 commit, cherry-pick -s: remove broken support for multiline rfc2822 fieldsBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  4. 03/12 t/test-lib-functions.sh: allow to specify the tag name to test_commitBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 13, 2017
  6. 04/12 t/t3511: add some tests of 'cherry-pick -s' functionalityBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  7. 05/12 sequencer.c: recognize "(cherry picked from ..." as part of s-o-b footerBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2013
  9. Brandon CaseyFeb 12, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2013
  11. Brandon CaseyFeb 12, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2013
  13. Jonathan NiederFeb 12, 2013
  14. 06/12 sequencer.c: require a conforming footer to be preceded by a blank lineBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  15. 07/12 sequencer.c: always separate "(cherry picked from" from commit bodyBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  16. 08/12 sequencer.c: teach append_signoff how to detect duplicate s-o-bBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  17. 09/12 sequencer.c: teach append_signoff to avoid adding a duplicate newlineBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  18. 09/12 sequencer.c: teach append_signoff to avoid adding a duplicate newlineBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  19. John KeepingFeb 14, 2013
  20. Brandon CaseyFeb 15, 2013
  21. John KeepingFeb 17, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2013
  23. Brandon CaseyFeb 21, 2013
  24. Brandon CaseyFeb 21, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2013
  26. git-commit: populate the edit buffer with 2 blank lines before s-o-bBrandon Casey, Feb 22, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2013
  28. Brandon CaseyFeb 22, 2013
  29. git-commit: populate the edit buffer with 2 blank lines before s-o-bBrandon Casey, Feb 22, 2013
  30. Jeff KingFeb 22, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2013
  32. 10/12 t4014: more tests about appending s-o-b linesBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  33. 11/12 format-patch: update append_signoff prototypeBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  34. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2013
  35. Brandon CaseyFeb 12, 2013
  36. 12/12 Unify appending signoff in format-patch, commit and sequencerBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  37. 13/12 fixup! t/t3511: add some tests of 'cherry-pick -s' functionalityBrandon Casey, Feb 12, 2013
  38. Jonathan NiederFeb 12, 2013
  39. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2013
  40. Jonathan NiederFeb 12, 2013
  41. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2013

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