previous commit message is not added automatically when amending

[Chad Kouse]

When I click "amend latest commit" it doesn't seem to add the last commit message (post commit-msg hook) to the commit message text box for me. In my case we use gerrit and there is a unique Change-Id generated in the commit-msg hook that needs to be sent withi any amended changes.

using the command line tools "git commit --amend" does this, as do other GUI clients I have used.

[stevestreeting]

Question was actually about restoring the previous commit message when the amend commit option is checked. This is being tracked here: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREE-697

[stevestreeting]

I don't think this would be desired behaviour for most people anyway; when you amend a commit, you want control over what's in the commit message. If your tools like to see change ids, you can add them - but really I don't think amending commits that have already been pushed elsewhere is a good idea anyway.

[Chad Kouse]

I should make my question more generic - when I click amend it doesn't put my last commit message into the commit message text box for me. This would automatically include any change-Id tacked on from my commit-msg hook. It seems like I only have the ability to pick an old message that I had typed in (before the hook added its change-id)

See: http://review.coreboot.org/Documentation/user-changeid.html#_creation

[stevestreeting]

Ah I see - sorry I thought you meant adding the previous commit SHA.

This issue is being tracked here: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREE-697