From: Miles Bader Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:10:58 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add option to git-commit to allow empty log messages Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vy6h2wsvg.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Junio C Hamano writes: > As a Porcelain, "git commit" has some leeway to enforce sensible policy on > the users, and "forbid commit that does not explain anything" is one such > policy. It is not generally a good idea to expose the full capabilities > of plumbing to Porcelain if it leads to bad user behaviour, and such > "artificial" limitations are safety features we do not want to remove. Isn't the requirement of using a longish option like "--allow-empty-message" enough of a warning to users though? Although it seems reasonable for git _discourage_ bad practices, I think that should generally also be moderated with "... but if you _reallllly_ want to, you can do this somewhat annoying thing....". Forcing someone to use commit-tree, though, seems a bit much to me; an annoyingly long option seems about right. -Miles -- Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. [Iris Murdoch]