"Drew DeVault" <sir@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed Nov 18, 2020 at 12:16 PM EST, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> It is unclear from this description alone why this is needed. The >> seller of this change needs to emphasize how this is better than >> setting the variable to "0" (do not autocorrect). My guess is that >> some users do not even need the suggestion of correct spelling when >> they made a typo? > > This is one reason. Another is that spell checking can be > computationally expensive, and take an annoyingly long time on low-end > devices. Both are good reasons to describe in the log message, so that the next reader of "git log" won't have to ask "why?"
