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+# Verbose Commit Message
+
+Git allows you to display a *diff* of the staged changes in the commit
+message buffer. This gives you the opportunity to carefully craft your
+commit message in a way that accurately describes the changes being
+committed. To display the diff when committing:
+
+```bash
+$ git commit -v
+```