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Re: Commit messages
- From: Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat dot com>
- To: Doug Evans <xdje42 at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:24:18 +0100
- Subject: Re: Commit messages
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Doug Evans wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> wrote:
> > A bunch of commits just got pushed with bad commit messages.
> > Please be aware that the format for commit messages is:
> >
> > One-line summary
> > [blank line]
> > Description of changes
> > [blank line]
> > Copy of the ChangeLog entry/entries
>
> Best get this written down somewhere as an absolute rule.
>
> Maybe any of (or all of) "Contribution Checklist", "Developer Tips"
> or "Coding Standards" from the wiki. [I didn't see it in any of the
> above, maybe I missed it or maybe it's elsewhere.]
Actually I think the only time it was mentioned was here:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-01/msg00496.html
I'll update the wiki.
Cheers,
Gary
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