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-rw-r--r--builtin/commit.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 28c6309d4..321462a43 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -705,6 +705,12 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
if (s->fp == NULL)
die_errno(_("could not open '%s'"), git_path(commit_editmsg));
+ /*
+ * Most hints are counter-productive when the commit has
+ * already started.
+ */
+ s->hints = 0;
+
if (clean_message_contents)
stripspace(&sb, 0);