Re: [PATCH] Proof-of-concept patch to remember what the detached HEAD was

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:07:23 +0200 (CEST)
Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] wrote:

Just recently, I had a user request (a very valid one, mind you) where the 
user does not want to provide a commit message, and wants to just commit 
all the current changes.  In that particular case, it is very sensible to 
ask for these things.  It is something utterly simple to ask for. Yet, it 
is utterly hard with Git, especially if I have to explain it.

Hey Johannes,

It's actually easy, but maybe hard to find:

	$ git commit --cleanup=verbatim -m ""

Cheers,
Sean