Re: [GSOC PATCH] commit: avoid scanning trailing comments when 'core.commentChar' is "auto"

From: Ayush Chandekar <ayu.chandekar@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 26, 2025, 21:28 UTC
Message-ID: <CAE7as+aSG0BKeGDFs_GnHjo7juTv1jhKzRgTKGeoH+2X_-O=CA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <ca8e7670-cf4f-4915-a37f-09d2e4b7c62a@app.fastmail.com>

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> wrote:

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> >
> > +test_expect_success 'no change in comment character due to conflicts
> > markers with core.commentChar=auto' '
> > +     test_commit base file &&
> > +     git checkout -b branch-a &&
> > +     test_commit A file &&
> > +     git checkout -b branch-b base &&
> > +     test_commit B file &&
> > +     test_must_fail git rebase branch-a &&
> > +     printf "B\nA\n" >file &&
> > +     git add file &&
> > +     write_script fake-editor <<-\EOF &&
> > +     exit 0
> > +     EOF
> > +     FAKE_EDITOR="$(pwd)/fake-editor" &&
> > +     GIT_EDITOR="\"\$FAKE_EDITOR\"" git -c core.commentChar=auto rebase --continue &&
>
> How about
>
>     GIT_EDITOR="cat >actual"
>
> Then you can `test_grep` on that.  Like in
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/5ed77fab-678d-4a06-bbd0-ea25462a7562@gmail.com/
>
> > +     # Check that "#" is still the comment character.
> > +     test_grep "# Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
>

Thanks, that's much cleaner and faster!

> Nit:
>
>     test_grep "^# Changes to be committed:$"
>

Thanks for the catch. I'll fix it.