Re: [PATCH 1/1] Extract only the message body from git commit.

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 22, 2026, 20:53 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqtspqn3v1.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20260722083836.744338-2-hardikxk@gmail.com>

hardikxk <hardikxk@gmail.com> writes:

> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Extract only the message body from git commit.

Please see Documentation/SubmittingPatches[[describe-changes]].

> The patch fixes the `extractLogMessageFromGitCommit` function to skip all the metada of the commit object and only return back the message body.

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> Previously the function would return the entire data of the objects
> including authors tree and SHAs. This patch fixes that to skip over all
> that and just return the body of the log message.

Please see Documentation/SubmittingPatches[[meaningful-message]]. The observation on how the current code behaves should not be described as "Previously X did Y". Just say "X does Y" instead. There are other rules on how to write proposed commit log messages explained there.

> Signed-off-by: hardikxk <hardikxk@gmail.com>

Please see Documentation/SubmittingPatches[[real-name]].

> ---
>  git-p4.py | 12 +++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Thanks.

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> diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
> index c0ca7be..589efcd 100755
> --- a/git-p4.py
> +++ b/git-p4.py
> @@ -1003,12 +1003,18 @@ def branchExists(ref):
>  def extractLogMessageFromGitCommit(commit):
>      logMessage = ""
>  
> -    # fixme: title is first line of commit, not 1st paragraph.
> +    foundNewLine = False
>      foundTitle = False
>      for log in read_pipe_lines(["git", "cat-file", "commit", commit]):
> -        if not foundTitle:
> +        if not foundNewLine:
> +            # skip anything that is not the commit message
>              if len(log) == 1:
> -                foundTitle = True
> +                foundNewLine = True
> +            continue
> +
> +        # everything from here is the commit message
> +        if not foundTitle:
> +            foundTitle = True
>              continue
>  
>          logMessage += log