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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 4622297ec9..9594ac8e9d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -389,8 +389,10 @@ DISCUSSION 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. +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. include::i18n.txt[] |