core.commentChar starts with '#' as in default but if it's already in
the prepared message, find another one among a small subset. This
should stop surprises because git strips some lines unexpectedly.
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclo...@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 3 +++
builtin/commit.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
cache.h | 1 +
config.c | 2 ++
environment.c | 1 +
t/t7502-commit.sh | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 68 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 1932e9b..d5bf4d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -544,6 +544,9 @@ core.commentchar::
messages consider a line that begins with this character
commented, and removes them after the editor returns
(default '#').
++
+If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
+the beginning character of any line of existing commit messages.
sequence.editor::
Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction
file.
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 9cfef6c..039b426 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -594,6 +594,40 @@ static char *cut_ident_timestamp_part(char *string)
return ket;
}
+static void adjust_comment_line_char(const struct strbuf *sb)
+{
+ char candidates[] = " @!#$%^&|:;~";
+ char *candidate;
+ const char *p;
+
+ if (!sb->len)
+ return;
+
+ if (!strchr(candidates, comment_line_char))
+ candidates[0] = comment_line_char;
+ p = sb->buf;
+ candidate = strchr(candidates, *p);
+ if (candidate)
+ *candidate = ' ';
+ for (p = sb->buf; *p; p++) {
+ if ((p[0] == '\n' || p[0] == '\r') && p[1]) {
+ candidate = strchr(candidates, p[1]);
+ if (candidate)
+ *candidate = ' ';
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (candidates[0] == comment_line_char)
+ return;
+ for (p = candidates; *p == ' '; p++)
+ ;
+ if (!*p)
+ die(_("the comment character '%c' exists in the commit
message\n"
+ "Please choose another character for core.commentChar"),
+ comment_line_char);
+ comment_line_char = *p;
+}
+
static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
struct commit *current_head,
struct wt_status *s,
@@ -748,6 +782,8 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const
char *prefix,
if (fwrite(sb.buf, 1, sb.len, s->fp) < sb.len)
die_errno(_("could not write commit template"));
+ if (auto_comment_line_char)
+ adjust_comment_line_char(&sb);
strbuf_release(&sb);
/* This checks if committer ident is explicitly given */
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 107ac61..646fb81 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ extern int precomposed_unicode;
* that is subject to stripspace.
*/
extern char comment_line_char;
+extern int auto_comment_line_char;
enum branch_track {
BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED = -1,
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 05d909b..5ec3520 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -829,6 +829,8 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const
char *value)
if (!ret) {
if (comment[0] && !comment[1])
comment_line_char = comment[0];
+ else if (!strcasecmp(comment, "auto"))
+ auto_comment_line_char = 1;
else
return error("core.commentChar should only be
one character");
}
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index 5c4815d..f2de1ee 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ unsigned long pack_size_limit_cfg;
* that is subject to stripspace.
*/
char comment_line_char = '#';
+int auto_comment_line_char;
/* Parallel index stat data preload? */
int core_preload_index = 0;
diff --git a/t/t7502-commit.sh b/t/t7502-commit.sh
index 9a3f3a1..5cff300 100755
--- a/t/t7502-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7502-commit.sh
@@ -563,4 +563,29 @@ test_expect_success 'commit --status with custom comment
character' '
test_i18ngrep "^; Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
'
+test_expect_success 'switch core.commentchar' '
+ test_commit "#foo" foo &&
+ GIT_EDITOR=.git/FAKE_EDITOR git -c core.commentChar=auto commit --amend
&&
+ test_i18ngrep "^@ Changes to be committed:" .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'switch core.commentchar but out of options' '
+ cat >text <<\EOF &&
+# 1
+@ 2
+! 3
+$ 4
+% 5
+^ 6
+& 7
+| 8
+: 9
+; 10
+~ 11
+EOF
+ git commit --amend -F text &&
+ GIT_EDITOR=.git/FAKE_EDITOR test_must_fail \
+ git -c core.commentChar=auto commit --amend
+'
+
test_done
--
1.9.1.346.ga2b5940
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