static enum {
        CLEANUP_SPACE,
        CLEANUP_NONE,
+       CLEANUP_SCISSORS,
        CLEANUP_ALL
 } cleanup_mode;
 static const char *cleanup_arg;
                int ident_shown = 0;
                int saved_color_setting;
                char *ai_tmp, *ci_tmp;
-               if (whence != FROM_COMMIT)
+               if (whence != FROM_COMMIT) {
+                       if (cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_SCISSORS)
+                               wt_status_add_cut_line(s->fp);
                        status_printf_ln(s, GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,
                            whence == FROM_MERGE
                                ? _("\n"
                                git_path(whence == FROM_MERGE
                                         ? "MERGE_HEAD"
                                         : "CHERRY_PICK_HEAD"));
+               }
 
                fprintf(s->fp, "\n");
                if (cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_ALL)
                                _("Please enter the commit message for your changes."
                                  " Lines starting\nwith '%c' will be ignored, and an empty"
                                  " message aborts the commit.\n"), comment_line_char);
+               else if (cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_SCISSORS && whence == FROM_COMMIT)
+                       wt_status_add_cut_line(s->fp);
                else /* CLEANUP_SPACE, that is. */
                        status_printf(s, GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,
                                _("Please enter the commit message for your changes."
                cleanup_mode = CLEANUP_SPACE;
        else if (!strcmp(cleanup_arg, "strip"))
                cleanup_mode = CLEANUP_ALL;
+       else if (!strcmp(cleanup_arg, "scissors"))
+               cleanup_mode = use_editor ? CLEANUP_SCISSORS : CLEANUP_SPACE;
        else
                die(_("Invalid cleanup mode %s"), cleanup_arg);
 
                die(_("could not read commit message: %s"), strerror(saved_errno));
        }
 
-       /* Truncate the message just before the diff, if any. */
-       if (verbose)
+       if (verbose || /* Truncate the message just before the diff, if any. */
+           cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_SCISSORS)
                wt_status_truncate_message_at_cut_line(&sb);
 
        if (cleanup_mode != CLEANUP_NONE)