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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-09-17 16:57:41 -0700 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-09-17 16:57:41 -0700 |
commit | 281fd394a268e17e15f0869620a8f8fcaf28fbd1 (patch) | |
tree | 2a23fd9bd63a0c0ab7ecd78e51be240177570fc3 /gittutorial.txt | |
parent | a3cfb7673d419cac3d57ad89e67537288d20696f (diff) | |
download | git-htmldocs-281fd394a268e17e15f0869620a8f8fcaf28fbd1.tar.gz |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.12-503-g59767
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diff --git a/gittutorial.txt b/gittutorial.txt index dee050567..f1cb6f3be 100644 --- a/gittutorial.txt +++ b/gittutorial.txt @@ -139,9 +139,11 @@ them to the index, and commit, all in one step. A note on commit messages: 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. +thorough description. The text up to the first blank line in a commit +message is treated as the commit title, and that title is used +throughout git. For example, linkgit:git-format-patch[1] turns a +commit into email, and it uses the title on the Subject line and the +rest of the commit in the body. Git tracks content not files ---------------------------- |