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| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTE | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index eda300f01bc..be10dbda8b3 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE | |||
| @@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ formatting them: | |||
| 234 | - Lines in ChangeLog entries should preferably be not longer than 63 | 234 | - Lines in ChangeLog entries should preferably be not longer than 63 |
| 235 | characters, and must not exceed 78 characters, unless they consist | 235 | characters, and must not exceed 78 characters, unless they consist |
| 236 | of a single word of at most 140 characters; this 78/140 limit is | 236 | of a single word of at most 140 characters; this 78/140 limit is |
| 237 | enforced by a commit hook. | 237 | enforced by a commit hook. (The 63-character preference is to |
| 238 | avoid too-long lines in the ChangeLog file generated from Git logs, | ||
| 239 | where each entry line is indented by a TAB.) | ||
| 238 | 240 | ||
| 239 | - If only a single file is changed, the summary line can be the normal | 241 | - If only a single file is changed, the summary line can be the normal |
| 240 | first line of a ChangeLog entry (starting with the asterisk). Then | 242 | first line of a ChangeLog entry (starting with the asterisk). Then |