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authorDmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>2015-04-15 02:15:07 +0300
committerDmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>2015-04-15 02:15:07 +0300
commit2b714275e3f94f4c26e9d25a70e68929d0ebf1ac (patch)
treed44e8698cebf98891c5536868c72d2799bc7732a /CONTRIBUTE
parent93d4412046ae2c55a3b9fe9e036cfaa7b6d98b61 (diff)
; CONTRIBUTE: Remove the "relax this rule for commit messages" bit
Fixes: debbugs:20328
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@@ -87,10 +87,9 @@ The general format is as follows.
ending with a period (except the summary line should not end in a
period).
- It is tempting to relax this rule for commit messages, since they
- are somewhat transient. However, they are preserved indefinitely,
- and have a reasonable chance of being read in the future, so it's
- better that they have good presentation.
+ They are preserved indefinitely, and have a reasonable chance of
+ being read in the future, so it's better that they have good
+ presentation.
- Use the present tense; describe "what the change does", not "what
the change did".