Re: Log messages beginning # and git rebase -i

Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:

Duy Nguyen [off-list ref] writes:

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On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Matthieu Moy
[off-list ref] wrote:

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If the user wants whatever she types in the resulting commit
literally, there is the "--cleanup=<choice>" option, no?

$ GIT_EDITOR=touch git commit --cleanup=verbatim
[detached HEAD 1b136a7] # Please enter the commit message for your
changes. Lines starting # with '#' will be kept; you may remove
them yourself if you want
to. # An empty message aborts the commit. # HEAD detached from
5e70007 # Changes to be committed: # modified: foo.txt # # Changes
not staged for commit
: #     modified:   foo.txt # # Untracked files: #      last-synchro.txt #
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

You really don't want that in day-to-day use.

I do not quite follow this example.

The user said "I'll be responsible for cleaning up" by giving the
option.  It is up to the user to use an editor that is something a
bit more intelligent than "touch" to remove the instructional
comments meant for humans after reading them.

2) Modify Git to add scissors by default, and use --cleanup=scissors by
   default.

I just did "$ git commit --amend --cleanup=scissors" (with and
without --amend) and it seems to do exactly that ;-).