From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 08:53:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] commit -v: strip diffs and submodule shortlogs from the commit message
Message-ID: <20131117085357.GB17016@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cTiwA7wg2eeCcfw8d=-+_QoxGiWVq9sABNdUTCka=5fbg@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 07:22:29PM -0500, Eric Sunshine wrote:

> >         /* Truncate the message just before the diff, if any. */
> >         if (verbose) {
> > -               p = strstr(sb.buf, "\ndiff --git ");
> > -               if (p != NULL)
> > -                       strbuf_setlen(&sb, p - sb.buf + 1);
> > +               p = strstr(sb.buf, wt_status_diff_divider);
> 
> Would it make sense to use the more flexible is_scissors_line() from
> builtin/mailinfo.c here?

I don't think so. We are not trying to be friendly to a remote source
which has given us an arbitrarily-written scissor line. Rather the
opposite: we are trying to be very strict only to break on the line we
have included ourselves.

-Peff