As developers, when using Git to commit code to a remote repository, we need to write information about this modification. On the command line, we use the git commit command, such as git commit -m which allows you to add a line of information. But sometimes a multi-line message with a title and a specific description may be more indicative of your intent, such as the following:

Commit Title: Briefly describe what I changed
Commit Description: Detailed instructions for changing it

So how to achieve this?

1. Use a text editor

Use git commit without the -m or git commit -v, which will take you to a text editor. So then you can add multiple lines of text using your favorite text editor.

2. Multiple -m options

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