From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss@iguanasuicide.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:53:51 GMT
Subject: Re: commit.template
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:
> 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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