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"git revert" message changes...

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Mar 23, 2007, 15:07 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0703230805450.6730@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Can we please revert the "revert" changes to the default message?

Not only did it make the one-line description much less readable by putting the shortened SHA1 in there (and removing the quotes), it also missed the empty line between the header and the body.

IOW, the old scripted message was much better. The built-in is nice, but the new message format is inferior.

Dscho?
		Linus
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  1. Linus TorvaldsMar 23, 2007
  2. git-revert: Revert revert message to old behaviourJohannes Schindelin, Mar 23, 2007
  3. Linus TorvaldsMar 23, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinMar 23, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinMar 24, 2007

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