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By default, when exporting content from GitBook to the Git repository, GitBook will generate a commit message based on the merged change request: 
GITBOOK-14: Improve documentation about users management
If you want to automatically resolve your GitBook change request IDs (e.g. GITBOOK-123) in commits to links, you can enable this using GitHub’s Autolink references feature. See instructions on GitHub’s documentation. Use the following URL format, where spaceId corresponds to your space’s URL: 
https://app.gitbook.com/s/{spaceId}/~/changes/<num>/
This will turn commit references like GITBOOK-14 into clickable links that take you directly to the change request in GitBook.

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Customize the commit message template

When using GitBook with a monorepo, or when you have specific guidelines for commit messages, you might want to customize the message used by GitBook when pushing a commit to Git. The template can contain the following placeholders:
  • {change_request_number} - unique numeric ID for the change request
  • {change_request_subject} - the subject of the change request when merged, or No subject if none has been provided.
The default template is: 
GITBOOK-{change_request_number}: {change_request_subject}
You can customize this template in your Git Sync configuration to match your team’s commit message conventions.

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