local branch.
</p>
<p>You will be prompted for a log message in an editor, which is either
set in your personal configuration file through
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">git config --global core.editor
</pre></div>

<p>or set by one of the following environment variables:
<var>GIT_EDITOR</var>, <var>VISUAL</var> or <var>EDITOR</var>.
</p>
<p>Log messages should be concise but descriptive. Explain why you made a change,
what you did will be obvious from the changes themselves most of the tim