Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote: > core.commentChar starts with '#' as in default but if it's already in > the prepared message, find another one among a small subset. This > should stop surprises because git strips some lines unexpectedly. Probably worth mentioning this only kicks in if someone explicitly configures [core] commentchar = auto. Would it be a goal to make 'auto' the default eventually if people turn out to like it? [...] > --- a/builtin/commit.c > +++ b/builtin/commit.c > @@ -594,6 +594,40 @@ static char *cut_ident_timestamp_part(char *string) > return ket; > } > > +static void adjust_comment_line_char(const struct strbuf *sb) > +{ > + char candidates[] = " @!#$%^&|:;~"; This prefers '@' over '#'. Intended? [...] > + char *candidate; > + const char *p; > + > + if (!sb->len) > + return; > + > + if (!strchr(candidates, comment_line_char)) > + candidates[0] = comment_line_char; Could do if (!memchr(sb->buf, comment_line_char, sb->len)) return; to solve the precedence problem. The comment_line_char not appearing in the message is the usual case and handling it separately means it gets handled faster. [...] > --- a/config.c > +++ b/config.c > @@ -829,6 +829,8 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value) > if (!ret) { > if (comment[0] && !comment[1]) > comment_line_char = comment[0]; > + else if (!strcasecmp(comment, "auto")) > + auto_comment_line_char = 1; Is there a way to disable 'auto' if 'auto' is already set? comment_line_char still can be set and matters when 'auto' is set. Should they be separate settings? > --- a/t/t7502-commit.sh > +++ b/t/t7502-commit.sh > @@ -563,4 +563,29 @@ test_expect_success 'commit --status with custom comment character' ' [...] > + GIT_EDITOR=.git/FAKE_EDITOR test_must_fail \ Shells make it obnoxiously hard to set a one-shot envvar while calling a function without the setting leaking into later commands. ( test_set_editor .git/FAKE_EDITOR && test_must_fail ... ) or test_must_fail env GIT_EDITOR=.git/FAKE_EDITOR ... should do the trick. Thanks and hope that helps, Jonathan -- 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