Custom Git Commit Message

.git-commitmessage

Subject line

Describe what you did and why

[ticket: #X]

#------------------------------------------------@----------------------
#
# * Separate subject from body with a blank line
# * Limit the subject line to 50 characters
# * Capitalize the subject line
# * Do not end the subject line with a period
# * Write the subject line to sound like an authoritative command
# * Wrap the body at 72 characters
# * Use the body to explain what and why vs. how
#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

After reading the article at http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/ I wanted to create a better default commit message. Particularly, I wanted to add some hints for the author.
Hints:

• the length of the dashed lines are 72 characters
• the @ is at the 50th column
• the square brackets around the ticket information mean it's optional
  • if your commit doesn't refer to an issue, delete the entire line
  • if your commit refers to an issue, remove the square brackets and replace the X with your issue number

Download and Move this file to your home directory, and execute the following command.
$ git config --global commit.template ~/.git-commitmessage

Excellent advice 👍

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