Re: magit: Previous commit message keeps appearing

[Sebastian Wiesner]

Am Donnerstag, 7. August 2014, 12:56:59 schrieb Florian Lindner:
> Hello,
> 
> from magit-status I use s to stage a couple of files, then "c c" to commit.
> In another buffer I can edit the commit message. What puzzles me, is why
> magit shows the commit message of the previous commit including the file
> list.

Magit simply visits     the COMMIT_EDITMSG file in .git/ when you make a 
commit.  
Presumably, the buffer for this file wasn't killed after your previous commit, 
and you don't have auto-revert-mode on.  Hence, the next commit would just 
bring the existing COMMIT_EDITMSG buffer up again, with the old contents, like 
if you re-visit a file again.

COMMIT_EDITMSG will have the right contents though, so M-x revert-buffer will 
update the buffer accordingly.