From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 17:13:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] make commit --verbose work with --no-status
Message-ID: <xmqqlhfyrscz.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALUzUxrFvE-SDW0q2P08vR7rc4GHdpm24y7dk+kUdyGGwmqwOQ@mail.gmail.com>

Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> writes:

>> All of the above assumes that showing only the patch and not other
>> hints to help situation awareness while making a commit is a useful
>> thing in the first place.  I am undecided on that point myself.
>
> Hmm, perhaps such functionality should be off-loaded to a third-party
> wrapper. (I'd not be surprised if most wrappers already have this.)

If you believe that parenthesised comment to be true, then that
would be a sign that such a feature is desirable, no?  Substantiate
it and let's relieve the third-party wrappers of that burden, then.