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From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
To: Marcus Griep <marcus@griep.us>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-commit: '--no-status' Allow suppression of status summary in commit msg
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:13:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080828191302.GA2704@blimp.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1219949215-10189-1-git-send-email-marcus@griep.us>

Marcus Griep, Thu, Aug 28, 2008 20:46:55 +0200:
> Currently, using any editor to edit a commit message for 'git commit'
> kicks of a 'git status' which is then included as comments to give
> the commit author some context. However, in some situations, such as
> having a working tree of many hundred thousand files or on an inefficient
> filesystem, a 'git status' can take a long time to process before
> displaying the commit for editing.
> 
> This patch provides an option to disable the status summary, documents it
> and provides test cases for its operation.

There is prior art:

    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/66183/focus=66251

and resolution (in the thread, somewhat unclear).

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-08-28 19:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-28 18:46 [PATCH] git-commit: '--no-status' Allow suppression of status summary in commit msg Marcus Griep
2008-08-28 19:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-28 19:34   ` Alex Riesen
2008-08-28 19:13 ` Alex Riesen [this message]
2008-08-28 19:24   ` Marcus Griep
2008-08-29  5:39     ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2008-08-29  5:49       ` Marius Storm-Olsen

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