Re: [PATCH] Add option to git-commit to allow empty log messages

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

As a Porcelain, "git commit" has some leeway to enforce sensible policy on
the users, and "forbid commit that does not explain anything" is one such
policy.  It is not generally a good idea to expose the full capabilities
of plumbing to Porcelain if it leads to bad user behaviour, and such
"artificial" limitations are safety features we do not want to remove.

Isn't the requirement of using a longish option like
"--allow-empty-message" enough of a warning to users though?

Although it seems reasonable for git _discourage_ bad practices, I think
that should generally also be moderated with "... but if you _reallllly_
want to, you can do this somewhat annoying thing....".  Forcing someone
to use commit-tree, though, seems a bit much to me; an annoyingly long
option seems about right.

-Miles

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