MY PERSONAL GIT TEMPLATE. Spotted this tip on DailyDev https://dev.to/abbeyperini/git-commit-message-template-in-terminal-and-vs-code-326p with more hints https://gist.github.com/lisawolderiksen/a7b99d94c92c6671181611be1641c733?permalink_comment_id=3677190

.gitmessage

type(scope): title
# No more than 50 chars ##### 50 chars is here: #

# Leave a blank line between title ⤴️ and body ⤵️
### BODY

# Wrap at 72 chars ################################ 72 chars is here: #

### OPTIONAL
# Co-authored-by: name <[email protected]>
# with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.

### TIPS
# use `cw` to delete word and switch to Edit Mode in vim

After setting it up correctly, your default go to command will be just git commit, bye bye -m "string", especially if you like special character in commit messages, without the annoying escaping character...

Tip

This one-line setup might come in handy

echo "type(scope): title\n\n# No more than 50 chars ##### 50 chars is here: #\n\n# Leave a blank line between title ⤴️ and body ⤵️\n### BODY\n\n# Wrap at 72 chars ################################ 72 chars is here: #\n\n### OPTIONAL\n# Co-authored-by: name <[email protected]>\n# with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.\n\n### TIPS\n# use `cw` to delete word and switch to Edit Mode in vim" > ~/.gitmessage && git config --global commit.template ~/.gitmessage