How to format comments so that only the summary shows in the timeline

(1) By anonymous on 2025-03-11 00:57:47 [link] [source]

Hi! I'm just starting to use Fossil and I commented a commit using this format:

---8<----
Summary of changes

I did this and that and that other thing.

I also did x, y and z.
---8<----

In the Timeline, the full comment appears in a single line. I want a short summary to appear in the timeline, and the full comment to show when I drill down to that particular commit.

Is that possible?

(2) By Richard Hipp (drh) on 2025-03-11 01:20:08 in reply to 1 [link] [source]

There's a setting for that. Go to Setup→Timeline and then click the "Truncate Common on first line" box.

(3) By anonymous on 2025-03-11 02:01:22 in reply to 2 [link] [source]

Thanks!

(4) By PoolloverNathan (poollovernathan) on 2025-03-13 02:51:40 in reply to 1 [source]

In addition to Richard's answer, it may be useful to use check-in wikis for longer descriptions. Wikis support HTML and Markdown, and are collapsible in the check-in's info view.