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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2007-01-17 07:24:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2007-01-17 07:24:25 +0000 |
| commit | 8f76dc6fae3bb5536b36c987aa521322dcdd220c (patch) | |
| tree | c4cde59420f32eb3190be0721b49b5ca701baabb /git-commit.txt | |
| parent | 35bd025124fba3077f85bdc1fdd3a2902b5ed8bc (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-8f76dc6fae3bb5536b36c987aa521322dcdd220c.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.0-rc1-g936f3
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diff --git a/git-commit.txt b/git-commit.txt index 6139386ad..9c8435306 100644 --- a/git-commit.txt +++ b/git-commit.txt @@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ refuses to run when given pathnames (but see `-i` option). DISCUSSION ---------- +Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message +with a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the +change, followed by a blank line and then a more thorough description. +Tools that turn commits into email, for example, use the first line +on the Subject: line and the rest of the commit in the body. + include::i18n.txt[] ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES |