Re: [PATCH] hooks: add signature to the top of the commit message

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 1, 2017, 20:31 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqy3s7nbkm.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1498935127.11617.1.camel@gmail.com>

Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Sat, 2017-07-01 at 10:36 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Actually I was wondering if it is a good idea to remove it, as it
>> seems to have outlived its usefulness.
> It does seem  to be a good idea but it would leave the 'prepare-commit-
> msg' hook with no scripts that could be used by just activating it.
> That's why I thought of adding a script that removes the "Please enter
> your.." message from the comments if it exists.

That sounds like a sample that is there not because it would be useful, but because we couldn't think of any useful example.

IOW, I view it just as useful as a sample that does

	#!/bin/sh
	echo "# useless cruft" >>"$1"

whose sole value is to demonstrate that you could affect what you see in the editor by modifying "$1".