diff --git a/.git_commit_template.txt b/.git_commit_template.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b7d9019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git_commit_template.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<module>: <title>
+
+<description>
+
+reviewer=
+review url=
+
+#bug=
+#test=
+
+# line length limit ------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2153981..8747371c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 ### Masterproject ###
 
+#### Setup ####
+
+Define commit message template:
+$ git config commit.template .git_commit_template.txt
+
+Enable git commandline colors:
+$ git config color.ui true