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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2024-02-08 21:26:36 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2024-02-08 21:26:36 +0200
commitd65499e79083fb764517447d4d40ea3222ea2fa2 (patch)
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parent571ec583d644b718ce52f938f111d4aa98192471 (diff)
downloademacs-d65499e79083fb764517447d4d40ea3222ea2fa2.tar.gz
; Another clarification in CONTRIBUTE.
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@@ -213,8 +213,9 @@ formatting them:
enforced by a commit hook.
- If only a single file is changed, the summary line can be the normal
- file first line (starting with the asterisk). Then there will be no
- individual ChangeLog entries beyond the one in the summary line.
+ first line of a ChangeLog entry (starting with the asterisk). Then
+ there will be no individual ChangeLog entries beyond the one in the
+ summary line.
- If the commit has more than one author, the commit message should
contain separate lines to mention the other authors, like the
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ formatting them:
- Explaining the rationale for a design choice is best done in comments
in the source code. However, sometimes it is useful to describe just
the rationale for a change; that can be done in the commit message
- between the summary line and the file entries.
+ between the summary line and the following ChangeLog entries.
- Emacs follows the GNU coding standards for ChangeLog entries: see
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html or run