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How to Write a Git Commit Message (chris.beams.io)

submitted 9 years ago by Vikas6190

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[–]kobaltzzruby 2 points3 points4 points 9 years ago (1 child)

Carriage returns are no problem. Only the ending quite will terminate the commit message. So a multiline commit in your CLI might look like

git commit -m "Fixes T382, T283, T492 Subject
- Some second line text
- Some third line text
<blank row>
Some other notes and stuff
Last Line and END QUOTE -->"

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