# missing subject; Change-Id must be in commit message footer

version v2.11.4-5-g93b0496

With this error message Gerrit rejects to push a commit to a project which is configured to always require a Change-Id in the commit message if the commit message of the pushed commit does not contain a subject and a message, but only a Change-Id.

This error happens if the Change-Id is the only line in the commit message.

You can see the commit messages for existing commits in the history by doing a git log.

## Change-Id is the only line in the commit message

Gerrit does not parse the subject of a commit message for the Change-Id even if this is the only and last paragraph of the commit message.

If the Change-Id is the only line in the commit message you must update the commit message and insert a subject as the first line in the commit message. The Change-Id must be in the last paragraph of the commit message, i.e. separated from the subject by a blank line. How to update the commit message is explained here.

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