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John Rood <mr.john.rood@gmail.com> writes:

[administrivia: do not top post]

> What I'm really seeking is not a make-shift solution for myself, but
> an intuitive solution for the novice user-base at large.

Well, there are -m and --no-edit.  Recording commits with useless
single liner is a bad habit to get into, and change to encourage
novice user-base at large to do so is not a good idea.