> amend or rebase: > COMMIT_EDITMSG = "message from commit or rebase sequence"; > $ git commit --amend > > in background: > $EDITOR .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG > > COMMIT_EDITMSG = NULL <======== this i think is missing. We have to > clean it after it is populated in the editor. That's not going to work. Most editors will get quite angry at you if you modify the file while the editor has it open. Furthermore, how do you know how long to wait after launching the editor but before deleting the file? Like I suggested earlier, monitoring the mtime of the file to see if it has changed after the editor exits, even if the file itself is identical to what it was, might work. This feature would have to be optional in order to not confuse existing users, and not annoy users of editors (like my favourite, joe) which don't save-on-exit if the file hasn't changed. But I think it might be valuable to some people nevertheless. And if it became popular, perhaps it could become the default in some future version of git (after giving people enough notice, etc, etc). So you might want to submit a patch to implement an option like that. Avery -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html