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Solution: Suggestions for a good commit message: format/guideline? #answer #development #computers

Suggestions for a good commit message: format/guideline?

I’m at the beginning of a new project, and I’m trying to set up the repository in a smart fashion and establish some code style guidelines for everyone to be able to concentrate on code.

Most of it is done, but I’m still unsure about the format I should enforce for commit messages. I’m all for freedom and just telling people to make them…

Fixed How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial? #dev #it #asnwer

How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial?

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?

Answer: How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial?

Rollback-and-reapply is realy simple solution, but it can help only with the last commit. Mercurial Queues is much more…

How to: How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial?

How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial?

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?

Answer: How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial?

Update: Mercurial has added amend which should be the preferred option now.

You can rollback the last commit (but only the…

How to: How do I make git use the editor of my choice for commits?

How do I make git use the editor of my choice for commits?

I would prefer to write my commit messages in vim, but it is opening 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.

Answer: How do I make git use the editor of my choice for commits? Setting Sublime Text 2 as Git commit editor in Mac OSX 10

Run this command:

$ git…