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Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add commit log message spell checking feature.

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TLTeemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date
Mar 3, 2010, 07:36 UTC
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* 2010-02-28 11:33 (-0500), Jeff King wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 01:03:00PM +1300, Steven Drake wrote:
>> Add 'git commit --spell' to run a spell checker on commit log
>> message. The `commit.spell` configuration variable can be used to
>> enable the spell checker by default and can be turned off by
>> '--no-spell'.
>
> Isn't this exactly the sort of thing the commit-msg hook is for?
> Though personally I would probably just invoke interactive
> spell-checking from the editor.
I agree that it's a job for user's text editor.
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  1. Steven DrakeFeb 28, 2010
  2. 1/1 Add commit log message spell checking feature.Steven Drake, Feb 28, 2010
  3. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2010
  4. Steven DrakeMar 3, 2010
  5. Steven DrakeMar 3, 2010
  6. Jeff KingMar 3, 2010
  7. Teemu LikonenMar 3, 2010

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