Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.12-503-g59767
diff --git a/gittutorial.txt b/gittutorial.txt index dee0505..f1cb6f3 100644 --- a/gittutorial.txt +++ b/gittutorial.txt
@@ -139,9 +139,11 @@ A note on commit messages: Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message with a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the change, followed by a blank line and then a more -thorough description. Tools that turn commits into email, for -example, use the first line on the Subject: line and the rest of the -commit in the body. +thorough description. The text up to the first blank line in a commit +message is treated as the commit title, and that title is used +throughout git. For example, linkgit:git-format-patch[1] turns a +commit into email, and it uses the title on the Subject line and the +rest of the commit in the body. Git tracks content not files ----------------------------