Re: [PATCH] revert: optionally refer to commit in the "reference" format

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 26, 2022, 17:29 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqzgj4yzha.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <4c8ea23d-1a1d-efd4-6c11-7c08f8728d59@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

> In format-patch we add three asterisks to the beginning and end of the
> dummy subject and body lines to encourage the user to edit them - is 
> that worth doing here as well?

Yeah, that would make things consistent.

I am still mulling over Ævar's idea of preparing the messsage in such a way that, if committed without editing, the title becomes identifiable but too ugly to force users consider rewording (and the "identifiable" part helps the "rebase -i" process), while making it easy to discard the instruction for the user who do want to edit. I think that is the right approach, if we can find one. What has been floated on the list during the discussion is not there yet, but I think the approach is a good one.

Thanks.