From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add option to git-commit to allow empty log messages Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:57:14 -0700 Message-ID: <7vy6h2pn51.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <1270392557-26538-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> <20100404224324.GB12655@gmail.com> <7vy6h2wsvg.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= , David Aguilar , git@vger.kernel.org To: Sverre Rabbelier X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Apr 05 05:57:36 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NydRP-0005sR-Do for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:57:35 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754206Ab0DED52 convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Apr 2010 23:57:28 -0400 Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:47585 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754035Ab0DED50 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Apr 2010 23:57:26 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13531A8715; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 23:57:25 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=9VO1PyOEVnUv HF+UbauU512ecKs=; b=Iw8yClYBd3WD05ZUJOSUK9LE99Vs3+43ixlVR1ckyHwh MPAcQ05Nh/ufOhc2r6isUo0DblE9DoDEC9A9r0yEavwrpzKSGxnK5suIVtsclt2W ym0vF5haQLf2gZDw2GxEbbStRsJvXkK17Y+rEOwyj9ZZMzMIx/wGQNAsBgi0aYM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=sasl; b=ag9mqc Dyzw+slKC3VwEu1zOM46uRWXvXpPKVpVIKT51yhG7mCY386likprRu0XtGiH21lB L4FBUQYjEFbUKdNJXur7NB6wwtqKQ3ECDqQwJ5jxyECa9PwQk2Ev51bGnHDPS1+P xxQqMTX3hmqjUfsRI95OgrFzP9fVlJnHS26J4= Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix. (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C691FA8713; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 23:57:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [68.225.240.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1B6DFA870E; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 23:57:15 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Sverre Rabbelier's message of "Sun\, 4 Apr 2010 21\:15\:13 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 55B07BDC-4067-11DF-99C2-D033EE7EF46B-77302942!a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Sverre Rabbelier writes: > On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 21:11, Junio C Hamano wrot= e: >> As a Porcelain, "git commit" has some leeway to enforce sensible pol= icy on >> the users, and "forbid commit that does not explain anything" is one= such >> policy. =C2=A0It is not generally a good idea to expose the full cap= abilities >> of plumbing to Porcelain if it leads to bad user behaviour, and such >> "artificial" limitations are safety features we do not want to remov= e. > > You contradict yourself: I personally don't mind very much removing --allow-empty, though.