Re: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2026, #04)

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 12, 2026, 16:38 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq3435rk70.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <53696dd3-1920-4777-a62e-bf7818bd228c@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

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> On 10/02/2026 22:21, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>> * pw/commit-msg-sample-hook (2026-02-07) 3 commits
>>   - templates: detect messages that contain a separator line
>>   - templates: detect commit messages containing diffs
>>   - templates: add .gitattributes entry for sample hooks
>> 
>>   Update sample commit-msg hook to complain when a log message has
>>   material mailinfo considers the end of log message in the middle.
>> 
>>   Will merge to 'next'?
>>   source: <cover.1770476279.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
>
> I'm planning a re-roll to handle subject lines that start with "diff -" 
> after using this hook while preparing 
> <2a8cc2d6c37f25a58823b501500165d597321749.1770911599.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>. 
> Such subject lines are safe because "git format-patch" prefixes them 
> with [PATCH]. I think I'll probably drop the last patch as well.

OK. Even though the "[PATCH] " prefix is optional in format-patch output, it will be on the line that begins with "Subject:", so it should be safe, so you can safely exclude the lines in the first paragraph of a commit message from the check.

Thanks.