From cb497d8bf2ced9744aaae849dd3e3dbba8e53b68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trevor Daniels Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:27:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: CG 1.3.1: specify format of commit message --- Documentation/devel/git-starting.itexi | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) 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: -- 2.39.5