Of course the actual 'proposed commit log message' doesn't include the comments included when running a commit, e.g. git -c commit.status=true commit but the execution of the `commit-msg` happens before `cleanup_message` is called on COMMIT_EDITMSG. This seems like a bug to me; is there something I'm missing? I would propose adding a call to `cleanup_message` (with the appropriate arguments) inside `prepare_to_commit` right before `commit-msg` is invoked. It's causing us quite a bit of grief (e.g. with external tools that invoke hooks incorrectly [1] + some other internal workarounds for things like patch scissors). Thanks, -Sean [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/17df67804ef7a3c8.df629cdadcf4ea15.524a056283063601@EPIC94403/ -- Sean Allred