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Re: [BUG] git commit --trailer --verbose puts trailer below scissors line

From
Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 19, 2024, 17:41 UTC
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<ca6a73d3-58b4-e65c-4a8f-e6ddb3e86902@gmail.com>
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Hi Peff,
Le 2024-02-17 à 01:04, Jeff King a écrit :
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> On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 04:04:18PM -0500, Philippe Blain wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've just found a bug in the current master: running
>>
>> 	git commit --trailer="key: value" --verbose
>>
>> puts the trailer below the diff, and thus below the scissors
>> line (and so it is discarded).
>>
>> I checked that it works OK in 2.42.1 but not in 2.43.2 so it is not
>> a new regression in the 2.44 cycle, but I thought I'd write now in case
>> someone spots the culprit commit faster than me.
>>
>> I'll start a bisection now.
> 
> Looks like it bisects to 97e9d0b78a (trailer: find the end of the log
> message, 2023-10-20). Here's a test that demonstrates it (signed-off-by:
> me in case anyone wants to incorporate it into a fix):

Yes, this is also what I found - not without fighting a bit with 'git bisect' though, but I'll start a new thread for that.

So, it is indeed a regression in the 2.44 cycle.
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> 
> diff --git a/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh b/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh
> index b5bf7de7cd..d8e216613f 100755
> --- a/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh
> +++ b/t/t7502-commit-porcelain.sh
> @@ -485,6 +485,24 @@ test_expect_success 'commit --trailer not confused by --- separator' '
>  	test_cmp expected actual
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'commit --trailer with --verbose' '
> +	cat >msg <<-\EOF &&
> +	subject
> +
> +	body
> +	EOF
> +	GIT_EDITOR=: git commit --edit -F msg --allow-empty \
> +		--trailer="my-trailer: value" --verbose &&
> +	{
> +		cat msg &&
> +		echo &&
> +		echo "my-trailer: value"
> +	} >expected &&
> +	git cat-file commit HEAD >commit.msg &&
> +	sed -e "1,/^\$/d" commit.msg >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expected actual
> +'
> +
>  test_expect_success 'multiple -m' '
>  
>  	>negative &&
Thanks for the test case!
Philippe.
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Message 5 of 9 in “[BUG] git commit --trailer --verbose puts trailer below scissors line”
  1. Philippe BlainFeb 16, 2024
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2024
  3. Linus ArverFeb 16, 2024
  4. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2024
  5. Philippe BlainFeb 19, 2024
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2024
  7. trailer: fix comment/cut-line regression with opts->no_dividerJeff King, Feb 20, 2024
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2024
  9. Linus ArverMar 8, 2024

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