On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 03:25:52AM -0500, Jeff King wrote: > +test_expect_success 'diff in message is retained without -v' ' > + git commit --amend -F diff && > + check_message diff > +' > + > +test_expect_failure 'diff in message is retained with -v' ' > + git commit --amend -F diff -v && > + check_message diff > +' I put in this expect_failure to remind us that we could be doing better. The solution you proposed would fix this test. Another idea I had was to use a bogus diff header, and match on that. Something like: diff --git --verbose-commit a/file b/file and searching for "diff --git --verbose-commit", which would not trigger on any diffs (unless, of course, you were trying to explain how the verbose mode worked in your commit message :) ). But that doesn't cover any other special input (i.e., lines beginning with '#'), and would probably require an ugly hack to the diff machinery (some diff option for "add these bogus diff command line options"). -Peff -- 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