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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2015-05-18 21:41:03 -0400
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2015-05-18 21:41:03 -0400
commit314244aac44525a32dc9ea0a3ec94f77f055d332 (patch)
tree1322996d0f0469ece1fc81d09e714eb641a82a56 /CONTRIBUTE
parent88e4dfaadb1daf6f1ce0e80442af5a2dae7853bc (diff)
Add option to ignore commit lines matching a pattern in ChangeLog.
* build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog: Add --ignore-line option. * build-aux/gitlog-to-emacslog: Ignore lines matching '^; '. ; * CONTRIBUTE: Mention this.
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@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ messages:
- Commit messages should not contain the "Signed-off-by:" lines that
are used in some other projects.
+- Any lines of the the commit message that start with "; " are omitted
+ from the generated ChangeLog.
+
- 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