From: Trevor Daniels <t.daniels@treda.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:27:33 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Docs: CG 1.3.1: specify format of commit message
X-Git-Tag: release/2.13.1-1~61^2~1^2~14^2~1^2~1
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cb497d8bf2ced9744aaae849dd3e3dbba8e53b68;p=lilypond.git

Docs: CG 1.3.1: specify format of commit message
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diff --git a/Documentation/devel/git-starting.itexi b/Documentation/devel/git-starting.itexi
index e591c83d41..1fb162042f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devel/git-starting.itexi
+++ b/Documentation/devel/git-starting.itexi
@@ -211,6 +211,14 @@ git commit -a
 git format-patch origin
 @end example
 
+The commit should include a brief message describing the change.
+This consists of a one-line summary describing the change, and
+if necessary a blank line followed by several lines giving the
+details.
+
+If the change is to the documentation only the one-line summary
+should be prefixed with "Docs: ".
+
 If you added a file to the source code, you must add it to git
 with: