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Re: Wrap commit messages on `git commit -m`

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 2, 2012, 19:37 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder wrote:
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> Kevin wrote:
>
>> As I see it, the problem is not the possibility to add new lines, but
>> colleagues being too lazy to add them.
>
> I suspect the underlying problem is that we make it too hard to tell
> git which text editor to run.
Don't we just use $EDITOR?
> Ram, what platform do your colleagues use?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Ram
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  1. Ramkumar RamachandraNov 1, 2012
  2. Lars Gullik BjønnesNov 1, 2012
  3. KevinNov 1, 2012
  4. Jonathan NiederNov 1, 2012
  5. Ramkumar RamachandraNov 2, 2012
  6. Jonathan NiederNov 3, 2012
  7. David AguilarNov 3, 2012
  8. Phil HordNov 3, 2012
  9. Tay Ray ChuanNov 4, 2012
  10. Thomas AdamNov 1, 2012
  11. James NylenNov 1, 2012

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