Am 10.05.2012 18:45, schrieb Philippe Vaucher:
Here's a patch removing the weird bits. I spoke about in my previous message.
Ideally, a commit message should be self-contained and explain the reasons for the introduced changes, or at least contain a link to a mailing list archive, so that readers who only have the git repository have a chance to follow the arguments.
Philippe Signed-off-by: Philippe Vaucher<philippe.vaucher@xxxxxxxxx>
The author field of a commit plus the sign-off line are enough to identify you, no extra line with your name required.
--- Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt | 9 --------- Documentation/git-var.txt | 9 --------- 2 files changed, 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt index cfb9906..eb8ee99 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt @@ -88,15 +88,6 @@ for one to be entered and terminated with ^D. include::date-formats.txt[] -Diagnostics ------------ -You don't exist. Go away!:: - The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read -Your parents must have hated you!:: - The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer. -Your sysadmin must hate you!:: - The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer. -
These are actual error messages and their meanings, e.g. git prints "You don't exist. Go away!" in case the gecos field of your account in /etc/passwd (or NIS, or LDAP) couldn't be read.
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