On Sat, 2017-07-01 at 10:36 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Actually I was wondering if it is a good idea to remove it, as it
> seems to have outlived its usefulness.
It does seem to be a good idea but it would leave the 'prepare-commit-
msg' hook with no scripts that could be used by just activating it.
That's why I thought of adding a script that removes the "Please enter
your.." message from the comments if it exists. A typical patch will
follow.
Enabling the "prepare-commit-msg" hook with the patch that follows
would do have following result,
Before,
# Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
# with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
# On branch hook-test-merge
# Changes to be committed:
# new file: commit-msg
#
After,
# On branch hook-test-merge
# Changes to be committed:
# new file: commit-msg
#
A typical consequence for "git commit --amend" would be,
Before,
Test commit
# Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
# with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
#
# Date: Sun Jul 2 00:11:28 2017 +0530
After,
Test commit
#
# Date: Sun Jul 2 00:11:28 2017 +0530
#
