Re: [PATCH] commit & merge: modularize the empty message validator

On Thu, 2017-07-13 at 10:58 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

I think many people know about and do use the "delete all lines"
(i.e. ":1,$d" in vi, or \M-< \C-SPC \M-> \C-w in Emacs) to abort out
of a commit or a merge.  I just do not think it is likely for them
to leave Sign-off lines and remove everything else, which is more
work than to delete everything, hence my reaction.

Thanks! Didn't know this before.