What is the use of chore in semantic version control commit messages? Other types like feat or fix are clear, but I don’t know when to use “chore”. Can anyone provide a couple of examples of its use? Another maybe not related question: What’s the proper type of messages of commits for modifying files like … Read more
I need a plumbing command to print the commit message of one given commit – nothing more, nothing less. 8 Answers 8
This question already has answers here: Mercurial: how to amend the last commit? (8 answers) Closed 4 years ago. I am currently using TortoiseHg (Mercurial) and accidentally committed an incorrect commit message. How do I go about editing this commit message in the repository? 12 Answers 12
I am trying to customize the format for git log. I want all commits to be shown in one line. Each line should only show the first line of the commit message. I found out that git log –pretty=short should do the trick but on my computer it shows the full log as git log … Read more
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question I read once that git commit messages should be in the imperative present tense, e.g. “Add … Read more
I would prefer to write my commit messages in Vim, but git is opening them in Emacs. How do I configure git to always use Vim? Note that I want to do this globally, not just for a single project. 2 29 If you want to set the editor only for Git, do either (you … Read more
