How to reuse past commit's message while pushing new commit to the branch so that both subject and the description are retained?
When I am typing
git commit --reuse-message=<commit_ID || commit_ref>
or
git commit --reedit-message=<commit_ID || commit_ref>
, whether I'd like to just copy-paste the message or edit it first, I am getting the message subject only.
Any suggestions? In advance, thx!
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1`whether I'd like to just copy-paste the message or edit it first, I am getting the message subject only.` ? What you mean by this ? – Rmahajan Dec 19 '19 at 13:36
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What is the difference between the "subject" and "description" of a commit message? From Git's point of view, the commit message is a single logical thing. – Tim Biegeleisen Dec 19 '19 at 13:36
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1Does this answer your question? [Is there a way to reuse the previous comment on a git commit?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18429086/is-there-a-way-to-reuse-the-previous-comment-on-a-git-commit) – stud3nt Dec 19 '19 at 13:36
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1@TimBiegeleisen, subject is first line and description is remainder – EncryptedWatermelon Dec 19 '19 at 13:37
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1Turns out that commands that I provided above indeed fetch the whole message of the indicated commit. Consequently, the question duplicates the one linked by @stud3nt Thank you all for the help. Greetings! – Marek Bocian Dec 19 '19 at 15:15