Why not have both? That way there is a way to get a customizable response that avoids Junio's complaints and there is a way to do what you are trying to achieve. On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ethan Reesor wrote: > >> That way, there's a default setting, there can >> be a system-wide message, there can be a user specific message, and >> those messages can be set via `git-commit`. > > That won't let me imitate gitolite's behavior without a lot of > config file churn: > > $ ssh git@localhost > Hello, jrn. This is git@elie running git-shell 1.8.1.3. > > R W path/to/one/repo > R path/to/another/repo > $ -- Ethan Reesor (Gmail) -- 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