commit: allow core.commentChar=auto for character auto selection

When core.commentChar is "auto", the comment char starts with '#' as
in default but if it's already in the prepared message, find another
char in a small subset. This should stop surprises because git strips
some lines unexpectedly.

Note that git is not smart enough to recognize '#' as the comment char
in custom templates and convert it if the final comment char is
different. It thinks '#' lines in custom templates as part of the
commit message. So don't use this with custom templates.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 107ac61..646fb81 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ extern int precomposed_unicode;
  * that is subject to stripspace.
  */
 extern char comment_line_char;
+extern int auto_comment_line_char;
 
 enum branch_track {
 	BRANCH_TRACK_UNSPECIFIED = -1,