Re: [PATCH] display shortlog after git-commit

"Michael S. Tsirkin" [off-list ref] writes:

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I think a much better thing you could do is to have a mode that
the commit log message editor is started with something like
this...

This would work well for author information, but less well for shortlog.

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	----------------------------------------------------------------
	From: A U Thor [off-list ref]
     Subject: << one line summary of the commit comes here >>
        
	<< more detailed explanations come here >>
	# Please enter the commit message for your changes.
     # (comment lines starting with '#' will not be included)

Care to share your reasoning behind "less well for shortlog" part?

I think a template like the above makes absolutely clear that
your log would look like a single summary line, and a separate
body of text that explains your change fully, and I do not
understand your concern.