Make it clear that, when using a commit template, the message *must* be changed or the commit will be aborted "due to empty commit message". Signed-off-by: Adam Monsen <haircut@xxxxxxxxx> --- I found it confusing that the commit template itself, even if non-empty, must be edited. Hopefully this clears that up a bit. Documentation/git-commit.txt | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 5cc84a1..44947ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ OPTIONS -t <file>:: --template=<file>:: Use the contents of the given file as the initial version - of the commit message. The editor is invoked and you can + of the commit message. The editor is invoked and you must make subsequent changes. If a message is specified using the `-m` or `-F` options, this option has no effect. This overrides the `commit.template` configuration variable. -- 1.7.5.4 -- 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