How to specify a git commit message template for a repository in a file at a relative path to the repository?

Question

Is there a way to specify a git commit.template that is relative to a repository?

For configuration an example is

$ git config commit.template $HOME/         


        

Answer 1

1. Create a file with your custom template inside your project directory.

In this example in the .git/ folder of the project :

$ cat << EOF > .git/.commit-msg-template
> My custom template
> # Comment in my template
> EOF

2. Edit the config file in the .git/ folder of your project to add the path to your custom template.

• With git command :

  $ git config commit.template .git/.commit-msg-template
  

• Or by adding in the config file the following lines :

  [commit]
    template = .git/.commit-msg-template
  

Et voilà !