From: Adam Monsen Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:29:53 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] "commit --template" fixes Message-ID: <4F7DAC61.3000104@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7v1uo4cwg7.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> On 04/03/2012 02:55 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > When editing the commit message, start the editor with the contents in the > given file. The `commit.template` configuration variable is often used to > give this option implicitly to the command. This mechanism can be used by > projects that want to guide participants with some hints on what to write > in the message in what order. If the user exits the editor without editing > the message, the commit is aborted. This has no effect when a message is > given by other means, e.g. with the `-m` or `-F` options. I like it!