Configuration option to remove branch name default from commit message

[JonnySB]

Hi, firstly I LOVE LAZYGIT! Thank you for all that you do - it's awesome! Just a small quality of life suggestion that would suit me. I have searched for this as a configuration option and couldn't find anything but I could well have missed something, and so apologies if this is the case. I use lazygit both directly in the terminal and through the neovim integration, and this is present in both.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I find it slightly annoying to have to delete out the branch name every time I want to create a commit. It's obviously not a massive thing but it would be nice to just be able to start typing the commit message immediately, saving those precious seconds.

Describe the solution you'd like Have the default commit message be blank, ready to type your commit message. I.e. not autopopulate with the branch name.

Describe alternatives you've considered None

Additional context None

[mark2185]

Just to confirm the steps:

• you stage some files
• press c in the Files panel
• get this popup, but it's prefilled with the branch name?

[JonnySB]

Yes, is this not default behaviour?

[mark2185]

Not the default, but you can set it up with predefined commit message prefixes.

Could you please post your config.yml? It should be in the directory you get from running lazygit -cd.

[JonnySB]

Thanks. So I had been down this route and currently have both the pattern and replace options set to empty strings. Am I missing something?

[JonnySB]

Ah I'm dumb - just realised I need to state the pattern. All fixed! Thank you for pointing me in the right direction!

[mark2185]

You can also just omit it from the config :)

I'm glad it's sorted!