Am 1/28/2011 17:42, schrieb Andreas Hartmetz: > Semi-OT: What is the empty line good for? > Sometimes I just continue writing if the start of a long first sentence turns > out to be a good summary.
No, really, you should make the summary line short (max 75 characters or so), and follow it by a blank line. Some git tools merge everything up to the first blank line into a single long line, notably 'git shortlog' and 'git log --pretty=format:%s'. BTW, since you say "turns out to be a good summary": The commit message should not just be a summary, but a *justification*. In particular, it should put the commit into context. It's hardly possible to do that with a single sentence. -- Hannes
