On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 12:57:21PM -0400, Ross Kabus wrote: > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > So I'd argue that "git commit -F" is doing a reasonable > > thing, and "commit-tree -F" should probably change to match it (because > > it's inconsistent, and because if anything the plumbing commit-tree > > should err more on the side of not touching its input than the porcelain > > commit command). > > I would agree that "commit-tree -F" should change to match the behavior of > "git commit -F --cleanup=verbatim". I feel pretty strongly that this type of > cleanup logic shouldn't be done in a plumbing command, though I'm not sure > it is a big enough deal to change behavior/compatibility for everyone. OK. Do you want to try your hand at a patch? > Yup, confusion #2. I was using "-F -" which I see now is a different code > path. Reading via stdin without "-F -" _is_ the verbatim option. This > difference burned someone else on the mailing list as well. See: Ah, OK, your confusion makes more sense now. -Peff