On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Steve French wrote: > > I created a file .git/commit-template with default text as follows: > > [CIFS] > > Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@xxxxxxxxxx> You need to use git-config commit.template .git/commit-template (or use the whole absolute pathname to your template file). The pathname is relative to the working tree, not GIT_DIR. Linus -- 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