# Why does git-commit --template want the template to be modified ? 4 messages from 2012-10-30 to 2012-10-30. Participants: Francis Moreau, Tomas Carnecky, Johannes Sixt. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31980 ## Francis Moreau, 2012-10-30 10:53 Subject: Why does git-commit --template want the template to be modified ? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAC9WiBjeuy8dpSnp5Jq55hs1-CJUzwpH70GZ1ZGOF2dAAeypaw%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, I'm using git-commit with the --template option. The template I'm given is self sufficient for my purpose but as stated in the documentation, git-commit wants the template to be edited otherwise it aborts the operation. Is it possible to change this ? Thanks -- Francis ``` ## Tomas Carnecky, 2012-10-30 11:09 Subject: Re: Why does git-commit --template want the template to be modified ? Message-ID: <1351595365-ner-1835@calvin> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1351595365-ner-1835%40calvin In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:53:08 +0100, Francis Moreau wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using git-commit with the --template option. The template I'm > given is self sufficient for my purpose but as stated in the > documentation, git-commit wants the template to be edited otherwise it > aborts the operation. > > Is it possible to change this ? It seems you want -F instead of --template. ``` ## Johannes Sixt, 2012-10-30 11:14 Subject: Re: Why does git-commit --template want the template to be modified ? Message-ID: <508FB694.10506@viscovery.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/508FB694.10506%40viscovery.net In-Reply-To: ``` Am 10/30/2012 11:53, schrieb Francis Moreau: > I'm using git-commit with the --template option. The template I'm > given is self sufficient for my purpose but as stated in the > documentation, git-commit wants the template to be edited otherwise it > aborts the operation. > > Is it possible to change this ? Perhaps you wanted to use --file instead of --template? -- Hannes ``` ## Francis Moreau, 2012-10-30 14:23 Subject: Re: Why does git-commit --template want the template to be modified ? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAC9WiBgxZk3pRoj7nuqXdXKHdaHNpx%2B9h16o5N-vFAGVoH0NMg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1351595365-ner-1835@calvin> ``` Hi, On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Tomas Carnecky wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:53:08 +0100, Francis Moreau wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm using git-commit with the --template option. The template I'm >> given is self sufficient for my purpose but as stated in the >> documentation, git-commit wants the template to be edited otherwise it >> aborts the operation. >> >> Is it possible to change this ? > > It seems you want -F instead of --template. Yes, but I want git to still parse the log and sanitize it (remove trailing whitespaces, comments ...) I actually found that "-F --edit" is what I needed. Thanks both for your answer. -- Francis ```