Re: git commit message checker won't let me commit a new file.

[Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>]

On 7/18/2023 1:23 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Emacs.
> 
> I'm trying to commit a fix for bug #64642.  This involves adding a new
> test file.
> 
> The commit message checker says "File
> test/src/comp-resources/comp-test-funcs-dyn2.el: cannot be read: [No
> such file or directory]
> Commit aborted; please see the file CONTRIBUTE"

That's surprising. This works perfectly for me. Can you describe in more 
detail how you're committing your change? Here's what I did:

   $ git checkout -b testing
   $ echo hi > test/src/comp-resources/comp-test-funcs-dyn2.el
   $ git add test/src/comp-resources/comp-test-funcs-dyn2.el
   $ git commit

In my editor, I add this for the commit message:

   * test/src/comp-resources/comp-test-funcs-dyn2.el: New file.

The commit hooks run successfully for me and don't produce any errors.

Based on the output you see, I'm guessing the issue is in the 
`commit-msg` hook, but I don't see anything in there that would do this.