"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I think a much better thing you could do is to have a mode that >> the commit log message editor is started with something like >> this... > > This would work well for author information, but less well for shortlog. > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> From: A U Thor <au.thor@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: << one line summary of the commit comes here >> >> >> << more detailed explanations come here >> >> # Please enter the commit message for your changes. >> # (comment lines starting with '#' will not be included) Care to share your reasoning behind "less well for shortlog" part? I think a template like the above makes absolutely clear that your log would look like a single summary line, and a separate body of text that explains your change fully, and I do not understand your concern. - 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