On Nov 16, 2011 11:39 PM, "Pieter Praet" <pieter@praet.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:54:35 +0200, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:37:50 +0100, Pieter Praet <pieter@praet.org> wrote: > > > No further explanation needed. > > > --- > > > NEWS | 14 +++++++------- > > > 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > > > The 'No further explanation needed.' should be *BELOW* the waistline (---) ;); > > now it goes to the commit message which is probably not what anybody wants. > > > > That was intended :) > > Empty commit messages are frowned upon (even if the commit subject is > sufficiently descriptive), so "rather a pointless one than none?" :) Generally I think the message should be self-contained and understandable without the subject line, so IMHO a full meaningful sentence is better than one/none, even if it's repetition. BR, Jani.