Re: [PATCH v2 16/16] config: allow multi-byte core.commentChar

> So anyway, adapting your original suggestion based on discussion in the
> thread, maybe squash in (to the final patch):
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
> index c86b8c8408..c5a8033df9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config/core.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt
> @@ -523,9 +523,8 @@ core.commentChar::
>  	Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
>  	messages consider a line that begins with this character
>  	commented, and removes them after the editor returns
> -	(default '#'). Note that this option can take values larger than
> -	a byte (whether a single multi-byte character, or you
> -	could even go wild with a multi-character sequence).
> +	(default '#'). Note that this variable can be a string like
> +	`//` or `⁑⁕⁑`; it doesn't have to be a single ASCII character.
>  +
>  If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
>  the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
>
>
> That's assuming we don't want to go the commentString route, which would
> require a bit more re-working of the patch. I'm also open to a more
> clever or pretty multi-byte example if we have one. ;)