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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail•com>
Cc: "Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail•com>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] commit: allow core.commentChar=auto for character auto selection
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 10:38:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqoayxaakf.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140516164053.GB12314@google.com> (Jonathan Nieder's message of "Fri, 16 May 2014 09:40:53 -0700")

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail•com> writes:

> Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Probably worth mentioning this only kicks in if someone explicitly
> configures [core] commentchar = auto.
>
> Would it be a goal to make 'auto' the default eventually if people
> turn out to like it?
>
> [...]
>> --- 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[] = " @!#$%^&|:;~";
>
> This prefers '@' over '#'.  Intended?

I think the candidates[0] will almost always be overridden with "#"
so it probably does not matter in practice, but I tend to agree that
"#" (and probably ";") should come before all others.

  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-16 18:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-16 10:18 Fwd: [Bug] - Processing commit message after amend Michal Stasa
2014-05-16 10:28 ` Duy Nguyen
2014-05-16 10:34   ` Michal Stasa
2014-05-16 10:59   ` [PATCH] commit: switch core.commentChar if it's found in existing commit Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-05-16 13:51     ` [PATCH 1/2] config: be strict on core.commentChar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-05-16 13:51       ` [PATCH 2/2] commit: allow core.commentChar=auto for character auto selection Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-05-16 16:40         ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-05-16 17:38           ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2014-05-16 23:41           ` Duy Nguyen
2014-05-16 14:42       ` [PATCH 1/2] config: be strict on core.commentChar Felipe Contreras
2014-05-16 16:25       ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-05-16 17:36         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-17  1:52       ` [PATCH v2 " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-05-17  1:52         ` [PATCH v2 2/2] commit: allow core.commentChar=auto for character auto selection Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2014-05-16 17:27     ` [PATCH] commit: switch core.commentChar if it's found in existing commit Junio C Hamano
2014-05-16 18:53       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-16 10:34 ` Fwd: [Bug] - Processing commit message after amend David Kastrup

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