From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>,
Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>,
pyokagan@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] commit-msg.sample: reject messages that would confuse "git am"
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:41:25 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqjywgmth6.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1770993281.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> (Phillip Wood's message of "Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:34:47 +0000")
Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:
> From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
>
> This series adds a check to the sample commit-msg hook to reject commit
> messages where the body of the message contains lines starting with
> "diff -" and "Index: ". Such lines confuse "git am".
>
> Changes since V1:
>
> - Allow subjects to start with "diff -" as they end up in an email
> header and so do not confuse "git am"
>
> - Allow "---" lines as they are useful when preparing patches.
I see some mention of scissors line that is also new.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-13 17:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-06 7:43 git-am applies commit message diffs Matthias Beyer
2026-02-06 8:04 ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-06 8:18 ` Matthias Beyer
2026-02-06 9:03 ` Jeff King
2026-02-07 14:57 ` [PATCH 0/3] commit-msg.sample: reject messages that would confuse "git am" Phillip Wood
2026-02-07 14:58 ` [PATCH 1/3] templates: add .gitattributes entry for sample hooks Phillip Wood
2026-02-07 14:58 ` [PATCH 2/3] templates: detect commit messages containing diffs Phillip Wood
2026-02-07 14:58 ` [PATCH 3/3] templates: detect messages that contain a separator line Phillip Wood
2026-02-07 21:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-07 21:38 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-09 0:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 7:00 ` Jeff King
2026-02-09 10:42 ` Phillip Wood
2026-02-10 6:44 ` Jeff King
2026-02-09 6:57 ` [PATCH 0/3] commit-msg.sample: reject messages that would confuse "git am" Jeff King
2026-02-09 10:43 ` Phillip Wood
2026-02-09 11:07 ` Matthias Beyer
2026-02-10 6:46 ` Jeff King
2026-02-09 15:58 ` git-am applies commit message diffs Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-10 2:16 ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-10 14:22 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-10 15:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-11 2:31 ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-11 2:34 ` Jacob Keller
2026-02-11 7:47 ` Jeff King
2026-02-11 15:23 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-11 15:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 6:56 ` Jeff King
2026-02-13 14:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] commit-msg.sample: reject messages that would confuse "git am" Phillip Wood
2026-02-13 14:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] templates: add .gitattributes entry for sample hooks Phillip Wood
2026-02-13 14:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] templates: detect commit messages containing diffs Phillip Wood
2026-02-13 16:42 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-13 18:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-14 14:46 ` Phillip Wood
2026-02-13 17:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-14 14:36 ` Phillip Wood
2026-02-14 15:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-13 17:41 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-02-06 8:59 ` git-am applies commit message diffs Florian Weimer
2026-02-06 9:24 ` Jeff King
2026-02-06 9:48 ` Florian Weimer
2026-02-06 10:08 ` Jeff King
2026-02-06 8:43 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-06 17:45 ` Jakob Haufe
2026-02-07 10:08 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-07 21:44 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-08 0:11 ` [PATCH] doc: add caveat about roundtripping format-patch kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-02-08 1:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-08 17:18 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-09 16:42 ` Phillip Wood
2026-02-09 17:59 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-10 10:57 ` Phillip Wood
2026-02-10 16:00 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-09 22:37 ` [PATCH v2] " kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-02-09 22:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-09 23:11 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-10 11:02 ` Phillip Wood
2026-02-10 18:20 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-12 22:28 ` [PATCH v3] doc: add caveat about round-tripping format-patch kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-02-12 23:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-13 14:41 ` Phillip Wood
2026-02-13 14:43 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-13 18:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-10 0:53 ` [PATCH] doc: add caveat about roundtripping format-patch Christoph Anton Mitterer
2026-02-10 16:00 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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