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Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

From
Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 10, 2013, 09:53 UTC
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On 10/09/13 21:19, Matthieu Moy wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> I just noticed that the template COMMIT_EDITMSG was containing status
> hints, and that they were not particularty helpfull _during_ a commit. I
> think it would be sensible to ignore advice.statusHints and disable
> hints unconditionally when writting to COMMIT_EDITMSG.
> 
> Any objection?
>

I did recently find them useful/reassuring when I was committing a merge. But I wouldn't consider that a strong objection.

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  4. Chris PackhamSep 10, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2013
  6. Matthieu MoySep 11, 2013
  7. Javier DomingoSep 11, 2013
  8. Matthieu MoySep 11, 2013
  9. John SzakmeisterSep 11, 2013
  10. Javier DomingoSep 11, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2013
  12. Matthieu MoySep 11, 2013
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