Bug#766885: [debcommit] incorrect --help output for --(no-)strip-message

[James McCoy]

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 <jamessan at debian.org>