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authorGravatar probonopd <probonopd@users.noreply.github.com>2017-11-04 14:36:01 +0100
committerGravatar Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>2017-11-04 08:35:58 -0700
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@@ -113,24 +113,26 @@ See: http://developercertificate.org/
Also, please write good git commit messages. A good commit message
looks like this:
- Header line: explain the commit in one line (use the imperative)
-
- Body of commit message is a few lines of text, explaining things
- in more detail, possibly giving some background about the issue
- being fixed, etc etc.
-
- The body of the commit message can be several paragraphs, and
- please do proper word-wrap and keep columns shorter than about
- 74 characters or so. That way "git log" will show things
- nicely even when it's indented.
-
- Make sure you explain your solution and why you're doing what you're
- doing, as opposed to describing what you're doing. Reviewers and your
- future self can read the patch, but might not understand why a
- particular solution was implemented.
-
- Reported-by: whoever-reported-it
- Signed-off-by: Your Name <youremail@yourhost.com>
+```
+Header line: explain the commit in one line (use the imperative)
+
+Body of commit message is a few lines of text, explaining things
+in more detail, possibly giving some background about the issue
+being fixed, etc etc.
+
+The body of the commit message can be several paragraphs, and
+please do proper word-wrap and keep columns shorter than about
+74 characters or so. That way "git log" will show things
+nicely even when it's indented.
+
+Make sure you explain your solution and why you're doing what you're
+doing, as opposed to describing what you're doing. Reviewers and your
+future self can read the patch, but might not understand why a
+particular solution was implemented.
+
+Reported-by: whoever-reported-it
+Signed-off-by: Your Name <youremail@yourhost.com>
+```
where that header line really should be meaningful, and really should be
just one line. That header line is what is shown by tools like gitk and