Re: Feature request: Configurable prefixes for git commit --fixup and --squash

From: Martine Lenders <mlenders@riot-os.org>
Date: Mar 3, 2016, 16:48 UTC
Message-ID: <CALHmdRwZCb7LnQcKkdy-wNx5Ree+FcMPz2ykqVnTTq_SPDR_HA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpq1t7rlfi1.fsf@anie.imag.fr>

> [ Please, don't top-post on this list ]

Sorry (*^.^*)

> It won't match if you put it in the subject line, but John's proposal is

to put it at the bottom (i.e. in the body). This won't disturb "git rebase --autosquash".

For some reason I did not even consider the bottom. Tried and it works! Thanks! I will integrate this into my workflow (and try to get other contributors to our project to do the same).

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>> Maybe another approach could be to allow for a configuration of a
>> string that is ignored when matching the commit messages in `git
>> rebase`.
>
> I wish I could write commit messages like
>
> fixup! deadbeef: fix typo (foo -> bar)
>
> So that the commit message contains both the instruction for "rebase
> --autosquash" and a quick explanation of what the commit is doing (as
> usual commit messages).
>
> AFAIK, it's not possible currently but shouldn't be hard to implement.

I would love that, too :-). This differs however from the original intent of my feature request. So maybe we finish this thread (since my John's proposal is 100% sufficient for me in that regard) and open a new one? How are the procedures for this on this list?

Regards, Martine