"Paste Recent commits" during Please wait in Commit dialog does not work

By var... on May 28, 2013 14:04 (imported from Google Code)

---

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Commit something big
2. In commit dialog during "Please wait..." message which could last long
3. Try to "Paste Recent commits" with right-click over the message during this wait.
4. Nothing happens. It just doesn't work in that moment.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
To work during "Please wait..." so while I wait to do some useful work with preparing my commit.

What version of TortoiseGit and msysgit are you using? On
what operating system?
1.8.3 Windows 8 x64

Please provide any additional information below.