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Re: [PATCH] Add commit.status, --status, and --no-status

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 8, 2009, 07:13 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 05:45:27PM -0500, James P. Howard, II wrote:
>
>> This commit provides support for commit.status, --status, and
>> --no-status, which control whether or not the git status information
>> is included in the commit message template when using an editor to
>> prepare the commit message.  It does not affect the effects of a
>> user's commit.template settings.
>
> Thanks, this looks very cleanly done. The only complaint I would make is
> that it should probably include a simple test case.

Yes. Also I am a _bit_ worried about the name "status", as the longer term direction is to make "status" not "a preview of commit", may confuse people who do read Release Notes.

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Message 12 of 15 in “Add commit.infodisplay option to give message editor empty file”
  1. Add commit.infodisplay option to give message editor empty fileJames P. Howard, II, Dec 4, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2009
  3. James P. Howard, IIDec 5, 2009
  4. Jeff KingDec 5, 2009
  5. James P. Howard, IIDec 5, 2009
  6. Jeff KingDec 6, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2009
  8. Jeff KingDec 6, 2009
  9. Add commit.status, --status, and --no-statusJames P. Howard, II, Dec 7, 2009
  10. James PickensDec 8, 2009
  11. Jeff KingDec 8, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2009
  13. Jeff KingDec 8, 2009
  14. James P. Howard, IIDec 8, 2009
  15. James P. Howard, IIDec 7, 2009

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