Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Please enter the commit message for your merge commit. Explain >> why the merge is necessary, especially if it merges an updated >> upstream into a topic branch. >> >> ... because people who need to be told to "justify it" would probably be >> helped by a more explicit "explain _why_ it is needed". > > Why not. The "explain..." might be construed as a bit too coercive, but > I cannot come up with a way to defuse it (well, except again tacking on > "you should") ... Would "Please enter the commit message for your merge commit, to explain why ..." work? -- 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