Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91...@gmail.com> writes:
> 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.
That sounds like a sample that is there not because it would be
useful, but because we couldn't think of any useful example.
IOW, I view it just as useful as a sample that does
#!/bin/sh
echo "# useless cruft" >>"$1"
whose sole value is to demonstrate that you could affect what you
see in the editor by modifying "$1".
