From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (pb-smtp1.pobox.com [64.147.108.70]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8138F2231C for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:35:50 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=64.147.108.70 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1713299751; cv=none; b=MYv4Arsu8/6ix28uLVM8dwyaOnx4V4ern7Kz20Rx9CsqS4E9Wk2tgCQuHjodm3pH9xLJcf6jb4BpcHBQZtuRBQK9ShgrqFOrph1zK7nHt0AbdV/o+UmcJLXd5wn8fBvSZ10WRmGr5gp7W1xp/X+dJdxcJCIpUNXvCustN98/Jb8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1713299751; c=relaxed/simple; bh=yAzF9ONKfug8z2KvXLbBKQ6fdlKFN7vFWFc9uw4LrIU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=bvN1F6fn19cH5TC8oQB16uWON5nbFD9OHIFzk4qne/vI8e+6hcl8LCKow9p9KXYhuP6rnGz6hDGloFYeH2yI7RJ1zalnN6tpnJs2CQ1GVM8GLcu6P7hnCHF2lXkqEKZvJsRTbos6oBlUljNEC896IRaFG28SOQvK0i72mTSlOfU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b=hKykKOPg; arc=none smtp.client-ip=64.147.108.70 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="hKykKOPg" Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07ABF1D7282; Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:35:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=yAzF9ONKfug8z2KvXLbBKQ6fdlKFN7vFWFc9uw 4LrIU=; b=hKykKOPgj+5w9kP1UtIiVGNsKy+rhBcLUS5UHO83CBzDXbuBI+PTUh SWJVC/U2P0/hMgSD8dSsKjg2kMHzJX5gSMWtptIa8lYVEAUBIa9wK5e0JsGszHkv /eoJVV1+T+RazK6I6VMgIDmSAC9xm7ElOEN5HvrUsyi+lOOLdRvU0= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1D511D7281; Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:35:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.125.229.118]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 62AA71D7280; Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:35:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Josh Triplett Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] advice: Add advice.scissors to suppress "do not modify or remove this line" In-Reply-To: (Josh Triplett's message of "Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:11:34 +0100") References: <0a7b9172add0a0107e0765a59a798b92161788dd.1708921148.git.josh@joshtriplett.org> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:35:41 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: E4E93E3A-FC30-11EE-9618-78DCEB2EC81B-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Josh Triplett writes: > On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 08:21:54PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: >> The scissors line before the diff in a verbose commit, or above all the >> comments when using --cleanup=scissors, has the following two lines of >> explanation after it: >> >> Do not modify or remove the line above. >> Everything below it will be ignored. >> >> This is useful advice for new users, but potentially redundant for >> experienced users, who might instead appreciate seeing two more lines of >> information in their editor. >> >> Add advice.scissors to suppress that explanation. > > Following up on this patch. Happy to rework if needed. I am not personally interested in the feature myself, and I doubt it would help the end-user experience very much. You'd need to find somebody else to cheer for the topic ;-) Thanks.