Comment 3 for bug 97660

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Martin Pool (mbp) wrote : Re: [Bug 97660] Re: Better explanatory text inside editor launched by commit needed

cvs has

CVS: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
CVS: Enter Log. Lines beginning with `CVS:' are removed automatically
CVS:
CVS: Committing in .
CVS:
CVS: Modified Files:
CVS: pep.txt
CVS: ----------------------------------------------------------------------

which is a bit better though still pretty terse. Maybe "enter your
commit message, then save and exit the editor."

On 3/30/07, Elliot Murphy <email address hidden> wrote:
> Directly related to Andrew's comment about per-project policy, I would
> very much like the ability to customize what is displayed in this
> message for some of my projects, reminding people about commit message
> policies or formats.

yes, see bug 99983

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Martin