Re: git-commit: select which files to commit while editing the commit message

Pazu [off-list ref] writes:

# Please enter the commit message for your changes.
# (Comment lines starting with '#' will not be included)
# On branch refs/heads/next
# Updated but not checked in:
#   (will commit)
#
#	modified:   perl/Makefile
#	modified:   var.c

Here's where the magic would happen. Removing the line "modified: var.c" would
remove var.c from this commit. Of course, the template message should be
modified to tell the user he can do that.

So, what do you think about this?

Personally, I would refuse to use such a modified git, because
often the first thing I would do in the commit log buffer is
check the listed files and remove the '# ...' lines while
typing.  I do not want that to affect the set of changes I
staged in any way.

But maybe that is just me.