Re: [PATCH v3] config: add --comment option to add a comment

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 15, 2024, 23:44 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqplvvnjpz.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqttl7njv2.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> There will most likely need where e.g., above or below, around the

"need" -> "need for adding a new option to specify".

In sort, we would need to have more than just "use this message" anyway, and cramming everything into the single "--comment" option, even if it were feasible, would not be a good idea.

> "var = val" line to place the comment as well, so I do not see much
> value in investing more brain cycles on what the "--comment" option
> should look like, while we only support single-liners and explicitly
> reject multi-line messages.

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