On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 05:16:46PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > $ debcommit --help | grep -i strip-message > -s --strip-message Strip the leading '* ' from the commit message > --no-strip-message Do not strip a leading '* ' (default) > > This says leading '* ' would not be stripped, however, debcommit does > this by default in my experience.
Indeed. It was changed in 2008 and apparently the help string was the one thing that got missed. > I tend to look at debcommit once a > year, try to figure out how it does not strip the leading '* ', get > grumpy it does, and throw it away again. Why not add DEBCOMMIT_STRIP_MESSAGE=no in ~/.devscripts instead? :) Cheers, -- James GPG Key: 4096R/331BA3DB 2011-12-05 James McCoy <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

