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Re: git gui replaces amend message when prepare-commit-msg hook is used

From
John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Date
Jul 4, 2013, 10:34 UTC
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On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 12:47:28PM +0300, Orgad Shaneh wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> If a prepare-commit-msg hook is used, git gui executes it for "New Commit".
> 
> If the "New Commit" is selected, and then immediately "Amend" (before
> the hook returns), when the hook returns the message is replaced with
> the one produced by the hook.

I think this is a problem with the hook you are running. The hook is given arguments specifying the message file and optionally the source of whatever is already in the file (see githooks(5) for details).

It sounds like your hook is blindly overwriting the file, rather than preserving its contents in the cases where you wish to do so.

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  2. Fredrik GustafssonJul 4, 2013
  3. Orgad ShanehJul 4, 2013
  4. Fredrik GustafssonJul 4, 2013
  5. John KeepingJul 4, 2013
  6. Orgad ShanehJul 4, 2013
  7. Fredrik GustafssonJul 4, 2013
  8. John KeepingJul 4, 2013
  9. Orgad ShanehJul 4, 2013
  10. Antoine PelisseJul 4, 2013
  11. Orgad ShanehJul 4, 2013
  12. Antoine PelisseJul 5, 2013

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