From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:57:02 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] display shortlog after git-commit Message-ID: <7v4pnh4dip.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20070415103355.GA12126@mellanox.co.il> "Michael S. Tsirkin" writes: >> I think a much better thing you could do is to have a mode that >> the commit log message editor is started with something like >> this... > > This would work well for author information, but less well for shortlog. > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> From: A U Thor >> Subject: << one line summary of the commit comes here >> >> >> << more detailed explanations come here >> >> # Please enter the commit message for your changes. >> # (comment lines starting with '#' will not be included) Care to share your reasoning behind "less well for shortlog" part? I think a template like the above makes absolutely clear that your log would look like a single summary line, and a separate body of text that explains your change fully, and I do not understand your concern.