Git commit template

.gitcommit

[tag][#ISSUE] Subject
# |<----  Using a Maximum Of 50 Characters  ---->|

Description
BREAKING CHANGES:
# |<----   Try To Limit Each Line to a Maximum Of 72 Characters   ---->|

# --- COMMIT END ---
# Tag can be
#    feat     (new feature)
#    fix      (bug fix)
#    refactor (refactoring production code)
#    style    (formatting, missing semi colons, etc; no code change)
#    docs     (changes to documentation)
#    ci       (changes in CI configurations)
#    version  (version bump/new release; no production code change)
#    hack     (Temporary fix to make things move forward; please avoid it)
#    WIP      (Work In Progress; for intermediate commits to keep patches reasonably sized)
#
# Note: Multiple tags can be combined, e.g. [fix][jsr292] Fix issue X with methodhandles

gistfile1.txt

To setup git commit tempate:

$ git config --global commit.template ~/.gitcommit