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From: Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>
To: Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Commit messages
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:24:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140811122418.GA5466@blade.nx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP9bCMTS07E-_SPLmk=RcLwuuDaFbNa3EBRiTVZvRMQ=-7vGyA@mail.gmail.com>

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

-- 
http://gbenson.net/


  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-11 12:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-08 12:37 Gary Benson
2014-08-11  6:12 ` Doug Evans
2014-08-11 12:24   ` Gary Benson [this message]
2014-08-11 12:39     ` Gary Benson

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