Save the content below as commit.template in your home directory
Then, git config --global commit.template /absolute/path/to/file
Do this if you want to use the template in all projects
or put it in your project .git folder
git config commit.template ./git/commit.template
#### Title; imperative, no period; ############## #### Limit to 50 characters ##################### # Blank line between title and body # Leave the blank line above. It is critical. ####################################################################### ##### Wrap Body at 72 chars. ############# the length of this line #### # # Write your commit message in the imperative: "Fix bug" instead of # "Fixed bug" or "Fixes bug." # # Explain the problem that this commit is solving. Focus on why you # are making this change as opposed to how (the code explains that). # Are there side effects or other unintuitive consequences of this # change? Here's the place to explain them. # # - Bullet points are okay, too # # - Typically a hyphen or asterisk is used for the bullet, followed by a # single space, with blank lines in between unless it's a list # # If you use an issue tracker, put references to them at the bottom, # like this: # Resolves: #123 # See also: #456, #789 # # https://cbea.ms/git-commit/ # All lines starting with the pound symbol will be discarded
