Not rendering newlines in commit messages

In the latest v0.6.13, newlines have stopped rendering properly in the body of a commit message, after clicking on a particular commit to view its details.

For example, if the commit message was written like this:

Fix bug in library

- add missing piece of code
- remove incorrect function
- call correct function

It shows up like this in details view:

(Heading)     Fix bug in library
(Subheading)  <author> on <date>

(Body)        - add missing piece of code - remove incorrect function - call correct function

When it should show up like this:

(Heading)     Fix bug in library
(Subheading)  <author> on <date>

(Body)        - add missing piece of code
              - remove incorrect function
              - call correct function

[rob3c]

@plwalsh Good catch! Blank lines were missing after the title lines - thanks!

[plwalsh]

@rob3c That’s odd; the v0.6.14 update fixed the problem for me.

I wonder if your issue has to do with not leaving a blank line between your first line (“title line”) and the subsequent lines (“full commit message”). See this explanation for the reason why to do this, and this git doc for how git defines the sections.

If you’re seeing the “one single long line” appear above your author name and commit date, that’s what’s happening. This extension renders the title line at the top, followed by the author and commit date, and then lastly the body of the message. You would see a similar one single long line if you ran git log --oneline in a command prompt.