Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 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?
Yes, though it winds up as a rather long sentence. I could then shorten
it to
Please enter a commit message that explains why the merge commit is
necessary, especially if it merges an updated upstream into a topic
branch.
though that's only _implying_ that you're completing a merge.
Your pick ;-)
--
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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