From: Linus Torvalds Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:49:33 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-commit: add --verbatim to allow unstripped commit messages Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20071221001449.GA10607@atjola.homenet> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Bj?rn Steinbrink wrote: > > Hm, this is a bit more intrusive, but should catch most cases. > > At the top of the comments in the commit message template add: > #GIT CUT HERE > (And adjust the descriptive text) Ouch. I'd personally hate to see something like that at the top and then have to save it. I always add my text to the top of the message, and all the pre-made messages for me are at the top (ie the kinds you get with "git commit --amend", where the top of the thing is the old message). That said, I might well agree with this approach if we made the marker line be the *last* line of the message, ie make it be something that ends with (ignoring empty whitespace at the end, of course, since those are invisible in most editors): # Remove this line to keep all comment lines or something like that. That still keeps the question about whitespace cleanups. But if it's just about whitespace or no whitespace, then a simple "--verbatim" flag would work. Linus