git commit message conventions

[Florian Weimer]

* Paul Eggert:

> Florian Weimer wrote:
>> I completely agree, and I think Joseph's proposal goes in that direction.
>
> Then I'm afraid I misread the direction of the proposal.
>
> I don't much care about whether the commit message uses ChangeLog
> format or some other format.

Agreed, that's not a useful conversation to have.

> What I find puzzling, though, is the implication that the commit
> message should differ from the change log and that each should have
> its own specialized format.

As far as I understand them, the GNU Coding Standards do not permit
the information we want to associate with each commit in ChangeLog
files.  Hence the need for separation.