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Re: [PATCH] Add option to git-commit to allow empty log messages

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 5, 2010, 02:11 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
> It's not so much about supporting scripting as exporting the
> capabilities of the porcelain to the frontend utilities without
> artificial limitations.

As a Porcelain, "git commit" has some leeway to enforce sensible policy on the users, and "forbid commit that does not explain anything" is one such policy. It is not generally a good idea to expose the full capabilities of plumbing to Porcelain if it leads to bad user behaviour, and such "artificial" limitations are safety features we do not want to remove.

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Message 6 of 35 in “Does Git really need a commit message to go with a commit?”
  1. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 3, 2010
  2. Avery PennarunApr 4, 2010
  3. Add option to git-commit to allow empty log messagesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 4, 2010
  4. David AguilarApr 4, 2010
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 4, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2010
  7. Sverre RabbelierApr 5, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2010
  9. Sverre RabbelierApr 5, 2010
  10. Miles BaderApr 5, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2010
  12. Jeff KingApr 5, 2010
  13. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 5, 2010
  14. Jonathan NiederApr 5, 2010
  15. Jonathan NiederApr 5, 2010
  16. Jeff KingApr 6, 2010
  17. Add option to git-commit to allow empty log messagesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 6, 2010
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 7, 2010
  19. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 7, 2010
  20. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 6, 2010
  21. Remove --allow-empty from the git-commit synopsisÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2010
  22. Sverre RabbelierApr 7, 2010
  23. Remove --allow-empty from the git-commit synopsisÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2010
  24. Sverre RabbelierApr 7, 2010
  25. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 7, 2010
  26. Tay Ray ChuanApr 7, 2010
  27. Remove --allow-empty from the git-commit synopsisÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2010
  28. Johannes SixtApr 7, 2010
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 7, 2010
  30. Remove --allow-empty from the git-commit synopsisÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 7, 2010
  31. Stephen BoydApr 7, 2010
  32. Junio C HamanoApr 7, 2010
  33. Jeff KingApr 8, 2010
  34. Jeff KingApr 6, 2010
  35. Santi BéjarApr 4, 2010

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