Am 03.12.2010 18:51 schrieb Patrick Doyle:
Once in a while, I would like to run some scripts that will automatically generate some files that I keep maintained in my repository. I also like to review the files before they get committed. Is there any way I can "pre-populate" the commit message so that I can run my "regenerate" command, review the differences, and then commit the changes with my prewritten message? --wpd
You can either commit the changes with the "-m <msg>" or with the "-F <file>" switch. In your case I'd suggest the latter: 1. regenerate your files and include a step that generates a commit message and stores that in a file, say "commit.msg". 2. review the changes 3. add all your files (except for "commit.msg", of course) 4. commit: $ git commit -F commit.msg The other way would be the -m switch, but then you'd have to supply the message by yourself somehow: $ git commit -m "These files were generated at ..." HTH, Dirk -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html