Re: [PATCH] Teach git-commit about commit message templates.

> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> ...
>> I am more worried about how this should interact with cases
>> where you usually do not start the log message from scratch.
>> For example, are there cases / policies where being able to use
>> templates to leave comments on merge commits are needed?
>> Squash-commits?  Perhaps "apply this template but only when you
>> have hand resolved a conflicting merges"?
>>
>
> Those are all valid cases. They also happen to be ones that are not
> personally useful to me; none of the stuff in my company's commit
> template would really apply to merges. I'm happy to do it if you think
> those cases need to be handled before this can go in, but given
> there's at least one user out there who doesn't need those things, I
> wonder if this makes more sense to hold off on until someone actually
> asks for it.
> ...
> Is your hunch about the common case different than mine? Again, I can
> go address this if it'll actually be useful.