The template can begin with a new line (to insert commit title) that should not be cleaned up. Signed-off-by: Boris Faure <billiob@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/commit.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c index 67757e9..f0e880b 100644 --- a/builtin/commit.c +++ b/builtin/commit.c @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix, if (s->fp == NULL) die_errno(_("could not open '%s'"), git_path(commit_editmsg)); - if (cleanup_mode != CLEANUP_NONE) + if (!template_file && cleanup_mode != CLEANUP_NONE) stripspace(&sb, 0); if (signoff) { -- 1.7.5.1 -- 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