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Git Version Control Cookbook

You're reading from   Git Version Control Cookbook Leverage version control to transform your development workflow and boost productivity

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789137545
Length 354 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Aske Olsson Aske Olsson
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Emanuele Zattin(EUR) Emanuele Zattin(EUR)
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Kenneth Geisshirt Kenneth Geisshirt
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Rasmus Voss Rasmus Voss
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Navigating Git FREE CHAPTER 2. Configuration 3. Branching, Merging, and Options 4. Rebasing Regularly and Interactively, and Other Use Cases 5. Storing Additional Information in Your Repository 6. Extracting Data from the Repository 7. Enhancing Your Daily Work with Git Hooks, Aliases, and Scripts 8. Recovering from Mistakes 9. Repository Maintenance 10. Patching and Offline Sharing 11. Tips and Tricks 12. Git Providers, Integrations, and Clients 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Templates

In this example, we will see how to create a template commit message that will be displayed in the editor when creating a commit. The template is only for the local user and not distributed with the repository in general.

Getting ready

In this example, we will use the example repository from Chapter 1, Navigating Git:

$ git clone https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Git-Version-Control-Cookbook-Second-Edition.git
$ cd Git-Version-Control-Cookbook-Second-Edition  

We'll use the following command as a commit message template for commit messages:

Short description of commit 
 
Longer explanation of the motivation for the change 
 
Fixes-Bug: Enter bug-id or delete line 
Implements-Requirement: Enter requirement-id...
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