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Re: [BUG] git commit --trailer --verbose puts trailer below scissors line

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 17, 2024, 06:04 UTC
Message-ID
<20240217060434.GE539459@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<8b4738ad-62cd-789e-712e-bd45a151b4ac@gmail.com>
On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 04:04:18PM -0500, Philippe Blain wrote:
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> Hello,
> 
> I've just found a bug in the current master: running
> 
> 	git commit --trailer="key: value" --verbose
> 
> puts the trailer below the diff, and thus below the scissors
> line (and so it is discarded).
> 
> I checked that it works OK in 2.42.1 but not in 2.43.2 so it is not
> a new regression in the 2.44 cycle, but I thought I'd write now in case
> someone spots the culprit commit faster than me.
> 
> I'll start a bisection now.

Looks like it bisects to 97e9d0b78a (trailer: find the end of the log message, 2023-10-20). Here's a test that demonstrates it (signed-off-by: me in case anyone wants to incorporate it into a fix):

diff --git a/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh b/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh
index b5bf7de7cd..d8e216613f 100755
--- a/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh
+++ b/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh
@@ -485,6 +485,24 @@ test_expect_success 'commit --trailer not confused by --- separator' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'commit --trailer with --verbose' '
+	cat >msg <<-\EOF &&
+	subject
+
+	body
+	EOF
+	GIT_EDITOR=: git commit --edit -F msg --allow-empty \
+		--trailer="my-trailer: value" --verbose &&
+	{
+		cat msg &&
+		echo &&
+		echo "my-trailer: value"
+	} >expected &&
+	git cat-file commit HEAD >commit.msg &&
+	sed -e "1,/^\$/d" commit.msg >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'multiple -m' '
 
 	>negative &&

-Peff
Previous: Linus ArverNext: Philippe Blain
Message 4 of 9 in “[BUG] git commit --trailer --verbose puts trailer below scissors line”
  1. Philippe BlainFeb 16, 2024
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2024
  3. Linus ArverFeb 16, 2024
  4. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2024
  5. Philippe BlainFeb 19, 2024
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2024
  7. trailer: fix comment/cut-line regression with opts->no_dividerJeff King, Feb 20, 2024
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2024
  9. Linus ArverMar 8, 2024

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