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

Miles Bader [off-list ref] writes:

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

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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?

Yes, but re-read the part you omitted from your quote, where Ævar makes it
sound as if exposing plumbing's flexibility to the Porcelain layer is
unconditionally a good thing.  My point is it never is.

And as you said (and as Sverre alluded to with his --allow-empty), longish
option is one way to ensure that we do not unconditionally expose
flexibility from the plumbing without thinking.