Re: bug: `git commit --verbose` not removing text below scissor-line

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Jul 10, 2025, 17:46 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cT_5LhE7caRhviRXZ_U3UUcfxo-d74yOYtep33dYJQ2Uw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqecuo82xq.fsf@gitster.g>

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Oren Levi <orenl@exon-media.com> writes:
> > What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
> > 1. Run `git ci -a`
> > 2. Edit COMMIT_EDITMSG (using vscode)
> > 3. Save&Close
>
> Here is what I did as a quick sanity check
>
>     $ git checkout --detach HEAD
>     $ git reset --soft HEAD~23
>     $ git commit -a -v
>
> Since I do not use vscode, my reproduction attempt used an editor
> different from it.  It is possible that your editor may be mangling
> the line that it is not supposed to touch, but that is not something
> I can tell.

I don't use vscode either, but I did install it (in a Linux VM) to test this. Like you, I was unable to reproduce the problem using the provided recipe. My attempt was using the factory settings for VScode, which may be different from the settings used by the OP.