Re: commit.template

From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss@iguanasuicide.net>
Date: Dec 27, 2008, 00:53 UTC
Message-ID: <200812261853.55464.bss@iguanasuicide.net>
In-Reply-To: <87hc4qscz5.fsf@jidanni.org>

On Friday 2008 December 26 18:01:18 jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:

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> OK, both
>
> >> 1) man git-config mentions
> >> commit.template
>
> and
> BSS> git commit --help tells how this configuration option is used, in the
> BSS> documentation of the "-t" option.
> should
>
> >> mention what file is being used presently

There is no file being used presently. With the "-m" or "-F" option, no template is ever used. Without those options, either the argument to "-t" or the value of commit.template is used in that order; the editor is invoked on that. Finally if neither of those are defined the editor is invoked on a new, empty file.

> as one needs a template in order to modify a template.

You aren't modifying the template with commit.template or "-t", you are specifying one. You can create one from scratch in your editor of choice.

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