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Re: Query on git commit amend

From
VLVijay Lakshminarayanan <laksvij@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 7, 2011, 02:28 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Vijay Lakshminarayanan <laksvij@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I've found 
>>
>> $ GIT_EDITOR=cat git commit --amend
>>
>> useful.
>
> Are you sure it is a cat?
Yes.
Did you mean something else by your question?
> I almost always use
>
>     $ EDITOR=: git commit --amend

I just tried this out. This and Peff's GIT_EDITOR=true silently dwiw but cat is useful to review the commit.

-- 
Cheers
~vijay

Gnus should be more complicated.
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Message 19 of 27 in “Query on git commit amend”
  1. Viresh KumarDec 6, 2011
  2. Konstantin KhomoutovDec 6, 2011
  3. Dirk SüsserottDec 6, 2011
  4. Johannes SixtDec 6, 2011
  5. Viresh KumarDec 6, 2011
  6. Viresh KumarDec 6, 2011
  7. Vijay LakshminarayananDec 6, 2011
  8. Jeff KingDec 6, 2011
  9. Vijay LakshminarayananDec 7, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2011
  12. 0/4 Re: commit: honor --no-editJonathan Nieder, Dec 7, 2011
  13. 1/4 test: add missing "&&" after echo commandJonathan Nieder, Dec 7, 2011
  14. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011
  15. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011
  16. 2/4 test: remove a porcelain test that hard-codes commit namesJonathan Nieder, Dec 7, 2011
  17. 3/4 t7501 (commit): modernize styleJonathan Nieder, Dec 7, 2011
  18. 4/4 test: commit --amend should honor --no-editJonathan Nieder, Dec 7, 2011
  19. Vijay LakshminarayananDec 7, 2011
  20. Viresh KumarDec 7, 2011
  21. Björn SteinbrinkDec 7, 2011
  22. Viresh KumarDec 7, 2011
  23. Vijay LakshminarayananDec 7, 2011
  24. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2011
  25. Viresh KumarDec 9, 2011
  26. Viresh KumarDec 8, 2011
  27. Viresh KumarDec 8, 2011

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