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Some users that are new to Git and Gerrit manage to create commits without subject and message, but with a Change-Id footer. This happens mainly from EGit where the Change-Id footer is inserted automatically and users just confirm the commit dialog without typing any subject or message. This results in a commit message that looks like this: " Change-Id: I4bcf4f0bd8ed8da41ce53efd7298b80cec492d64 " Pushing this change for review if Change-Id is required results in the following error message: "remote: ERROR: missing Change-Id in commit message footer remote: Suggestion for commit message: remote: remote: Change-Id: I4bcf4f0bd8ed8da41ce53efd7298b80cec492d64" This confuses the users since a) they have a Change-Id in the commit message and b) the suggested commit message looks like the existing commit message. Handle this special case and provide a specific error message: "missing subject, Change-Id must be in commit message footer" Change-Id: I4bcf4f0bd8ed8da41ce53efd7298b80cec492d64 Signed-off-by: Edwin Kempin <edwin.kempin@sap.com>
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= missing subject; Change-Id must be in commit message footer
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With this error message Gerrit rejects to push a commit to a project
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which is configured to always require a Change-Id in the commit
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message if the commit message of the pushed commit does not contain
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a subject and a message, but only a Change-Id.
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This error happens if the Change-Id is the only line in the commit
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message.
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You can see the commit messages for existing commits in the history
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by doing a link:http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-log.html[git log].
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== Change-Id is the only line in the commit message
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Gerrit does not parse the subject of a commit message for the
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Change-Id even if this is the only and last paragraph of the commit
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message.
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If the Change-Id is the only line in the commit message you must update
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the commit message and insert a subject as the first line in the commit
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message. The Change-Id must be in the last paragraph of the commit
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message, i.e. separated from the subject by a blank line. How to update
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the commit message is explained
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link:error-push-fails-due-to-commit-message.html[here].
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GERRIT
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Part of link:error-messages.html[Gerrit Error Messages]
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