Set default message in GIT commit field

Question

I've set in C:\Users\myUser\.gitconfig

[commit]
    template = ~/message.txt     //btw: i've also tried: ~user/message.txt

and saved some text in message.txt in that same folder.

however, when I try to commit one of my repos, commit field is still empty:

do i miss any step?

See here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3966714/how-can-i-change-the-default-comments-in-the-git-commit-message — Tim Biegeleisen, Sep 10 '18 at 08:02
@TimBiegeleisen i've read that and that's why i posted this question. — T.Todua, Sep 10 '18 at 08:22
I cannot replicate. Consider trying with the command line and seeing if the message is populated there? — evolutionxbox, Sep 10 '18 at 08:40
Try using the full path: `template = C:/users/username/message.txt` — Lasse V. Karlsen, Sep 10 '18 at 08:44
probably my mistake is that i havent mentioned that i use `TortoiseGit` — T.Todua, Sep 10 '18 at 09:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '18 at 09:20

You should try to specify the full path in your config. For example this is my config on linux and this works:

[commit]
template = /home/mmauksch/.gitmessage

Which in your case should probably be:

[commit]
template = C:/Users/myUser/.gitmessage

because there's a good chance that the concept of ~ as "home directory of the current user" doesn't really make sense in a windows context.

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