Mercurial + TortoiseHg -> Empty commit message

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I'm using Mercurial with TortoiseHg on Windows. And because some repositories (not all) are merely a space to sync files, I would like to have an empty commit message

Using dots as "empty commit message"

Entering a dot in the comment field seems to work, but it's annoying. Is there some sort of automatical "." commit message, or even an empty one?

I own the server with the hgweb.config and the hgwebdir.wsgi so I guess there should be a solution that works...

Disclaimer: Please do not start a discussion about the importance of commit message! I specifically want this not to happen! I use commit messages for source code repositories, but not for this task, no further explanation necessary!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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For pure mercurial, empty commit messages are not posible (see Does Mercurial support empty commit messages?).

For TortoiseHG the best solution would be to request a feature allowing automatical messages as you mention, some kind of template mechanism.

It has been requested here: Template for commit message but not yet implemented as far as I can see.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Oct 29 '14 at 13:27

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So, how do I use create a commit template? – bytecode77 Oct 29 '14 at 21:21
I've also seen suggestions such as `[alias]commit = commit -m "."`, but they are not working for me. – bytecode77 Oct 29 '14 at 21:39
Like I said it does not seem like commit templates are implemented yet in TortoiseHG.. – Christophe Muller Oct 30 '14 at 13:52

Mercurial + TortoiseHg -> Empty commit message

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