Subject: Re: [PATCH] When nothing to git-commit, honor the git-status color setting.

From: Brian Hetro <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:15:17 -0400

On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 06:15:09 -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 05:45:43AM -0400, Brian Hetro wrote:
> 
> > I was thinking more along the lines of "use color as if you had run
> > git-status" when I decided on $use_status_color.  Perhaps there is a
> > better name.
> 
> I wonder if the implementation below is slightly more readable.

I do prefer your implementation.  There is no need to depend on
status_only here.

> I am starting a queue of such patches that I care about and will
> re-send after the release.

Please do.

> ---
> diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
> index d7e7028..96cec04 100755
> --- a/git-commit.sh
> +++ b/git-commit.sh
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ git rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1 || initial_commit=t
>  case "$0" in
>  *status)
>  	status_only=t
> +	no_override_color=t
>  	;;
>  *commit)
>  	status_only=
> @@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ run_status () {
>  		export GIT_INDEX_FILE
>  	fi
>  
> -	case "$status_only" in
> +	case "$no_override_color" in
>  	t) color= ;;
>  	*) color=--nocolor ;;
>  	esac
> @@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ fi
>  if [ "$?" != "0" -a ! -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" -a -z "$amend" ]
>  then
>  	rm -f "$GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG" "$GIT_DIR/SQUASH_MSG"
> -	run_status
> +	no_override_color=t run_status
>  	exit 1
>  fi