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[PATCH] Add instructions to commit template.

From
Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
Date
May 25, 2006, 23:42 UTC
Message-ID
<20060525234218.GB14325@admingilde.org>

New users can be irritated by the git status text in their editor. Let's give them a short help.

Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
---
 git-commit.sh |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index 6785826..1983d45 100755
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -626,6 +626,9 @@ fi
 if test -z "$no_edit"
 then
 	{
+		echo ""
+		echo "# Please enter the commit message for your changes."
+		echo "# (Comment lines starting with '#' will not be included)"
 		test -z "$only_include_assumed" || echo "$only_include_assumed"
 		run_status
 	} >>"$GIT_DIR"/COMMIT_EDITMSG
-- 
1.3.3.gc6dc-dirty


-- 
Martin Waitz
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  1. Add instructions to commit template.Martin Waitz, May 25, 2006

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