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| author | Dmitry Gutov | 2015-04-15 02:15:07 +0300 |
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| committer | Dmitry Gutov | 2015-04-15 02:15:07 +0300 |
| commit | 2b714275e3f94f4c26e9d25a70e68929d0ebf1ac (patch) | |
| tree | d44e8698cebf98891c5536868c72d2799bc7732a /CONTRIBUTE | |
| parent | 93d4412046ae2c55a3b9fe9e036cfaa7b6d98b61 (diff) | |
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; CONTRIBUTE: Remove the "relax this rule for commit messages" bit
Fixes: debbugs:20328
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| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTE | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index e4454a380b6..44e6e3b61f7 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE | |||
| @@ -87,10 +87,9 @@ The general format is as follows. | |||
| 87 | ending with a period (except the summary line should not end in a | 87 | ending with a period (except the summary line should not end in a |
| 88 | period). | 88 | period). |
| 89 | 89 | ||
| 90 | It is tempting to relax this rule for commit messages, since they | 90 | They are preserved indefinitely, and have a reasonable chance of |
| 91 | are somewhat transient. However, they are preserved indefinitely, | 91 | being read in the future, so it's better that they have good |
| 92 | and have a reasonable chance of being read in the future, so it's | 92 | presentation. |
| 93 | better that they have good presentation. | ||
| 94 | 93 | ||
| 95 | - Use the present tense; describe "what the change does", not "what | 94 | - Use the present tense; describe "what the change does", not "what |
| 96 | the change did". | 95 | the change did". |