On 06/02/20 08:45AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> writes: > > > Like a Lines: header specifying the number of lines in the commit message? > > The only part of the workflow that can count the number reliably is > format-patch. But the output of format-patch is designed to be > edited further, and expecting users to adjust the number when they > make such an edit is a bit too much. I haven't thought this through, but I'll throw the idea out anyway: How about counting lines in the diff (the one generated by format-patch, not the one in the commit message) instead of lines in the commit message? This way, the bottom n lines in the mail (barring the signature) are the diff contents. I personally have often edited the commit message and added comments below the '---' line in the patches output by format-patch, but I rarely ever manually edit the diff. It is just really easy to corrupt the patch when you manually edit it. -- Regards, Pratyush Yadav
