diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gittutorial.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gittutorial.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index dee050567e..f1cb6f3be6 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -139,9 +139,11 @@ them to the index, and commit, all in one step. A note on commit messages: Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message with a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the change, followed by a blank line and then a more -thorough description. Tools that turn commits into email, for -example, use the first line on the Subject: line and the rest of the -commit in the body. +thorough description. The text up to the first blank line in a commit +message is treated as the commit title, and that title is used +throughout git. For example, linkgit:git-format-patch[1] turns a +commit into email, and it uses the title on the Subject line and the +rest of the commit in the body. Git tracks content not files ---------------------------- |