#
# To enable this hook, rename this file to "prepare-commit-msg".
-# This hook includes two examples.
+# This hook includes three examples. The first one removes the
+# "# Please enter the commit message..." help message.
#
-# The first includes the output of "git diff --name-status -r"
+# The second includes the output of "git diff --name-status -r"
# into the message, just before the "git status" output. It is
# commented because it doesn't cope with --amend or with squashed
# commits.
#
-# The second example adds a Signed-off-by line to the message, that can
+# The third example adds a Signed-off-by line to the message, that can
# still be edited. This is rarely a good idea.
COMMIT_MSG_FILE=$1
COMMIT_SOURCE=$2
SHA1=$3
+@PERL_PATH@ -i.bak -ne 'print unless(m/^. Please enter the commit message/..m/^#$/)' "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE"
+
# case "$COMMIT_SOURCE,$SHA1" in
# ,|template,)
# @PERL_PATH@ -i.bak -pe '