VS Code tips — Use an editor to write git commit messages

Need more space to author a long git commit message in VS Code? Just press 'Commit' with an empty message in the source control view. This opens a full sized editor for writing the commit message!

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[analuzMA]

I was missing that little checkmark icon, thank you!

[motlalepulasello]

Thanks so much for showing me this. I didn't understand that green instruction for the longest time and have been feeling like an idiot at work

[JaimeBIDtravel]

Nice one! Hovering over the commit name also displays the whole message

[Graham_Wideman]

And how do you get the commit message and date to show up in the SOURCE CONTROL panel?

[Hello_VVolf]

How could I don't see that check button? ._.