If a commit messages leads with a word of phrase terminated by a colon, then SourceGit renders the leading phrase in a bold font weight.
If a commit is created with the --fixup option of git commit, then the message for the new commit leads with fixup! or amend!.
The result of both cases combined is that the leading keyword directive is awkwardly rendered in bold.
It seems more desirable that such keywords be recognized as a special case, rendered in a formatting that distinguishes them from the rest of the message, rather than treated the same as the user-provided message. Requested is offsetting such keywords by distinctive styling, such as a different text or background color, or a different font shape.
The observations were made in SourceGit 2026.11.
If a commit messages leads with a word of phrase terminated by a colon, then SourceGit renders the leading phrase in a bold font weight.
If a commit is created with the
--fixupoption ofgit commit, then the message for the new commit leads withfixup!oramend!.The result of both cases combined is that the leading keyword directive is awkwardly rendered in bold.
It seems more desirable that such keywords be recognized as a special case, rendered in a formatting that distinguishes them from the rest of the message, rather than treated the same as the user-provided message. Requested is offsetting such keywords by distinctive styling, such as a different text or background color, or a different font shape.
The observations were made in SourceGit 2026.11.