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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] commit notes workflow
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 02:57:22 +0100
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Heya,

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 01:21, Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> wrote:
>> I wonder if anyone actually uses
>> "-v" these days. It seems like "git add -p" would have superseded it in
>> most workflows.
>
> I find myself using -v every now and then, to just have the diff handy while
> I construct the commit message. Makes it easier to refer to function names,
> etc. in the commit message.

Can someone explain why -v does not output it's data prefixed by a
'#'? If someone really wanted to include it in their commit message
they can column-select-delete it, and if they don't, it just gets
deleted by the cleanup code?

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier