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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-04-30 15:08:10 +0900
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-04-30 15:08:10 +0900
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@@ -862,10 +862,13 @@ githooks.txt: improve the intro section
</ul></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>If in doubt which identifier to use, run <code>git log --no-merges</code> on the
files you are modifying to see the current conventions.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph" id="summary-section"><p>It&#8217;s customary to start the remainder of the first line after "area: "
-with a lower-case letter. E.g. "doc: clarify&#8230;", not "doc:
-Clarify&#8230;", or "githooks.txt: improve&#8230;", not "githooks.txt:
-Improve&#8230;".</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph" id="summary-section"><p>The title sentence after the "area:" prefix omits the full stop at the
+end, and its first word is not capitalized unless there is a reason to
+capitalize it other than because it is the first word in the sentence.
+E.g. "doc: clarify&#8230;", not "doc: Clarify&#8230;", or "githooks.txt:
+improve&#8230;", not "githooks.txt: Improve&#8230;". But "refs: HEAD is also
+treated as a ref" is correct, as we spell <code>HEAD</code> in all caps even when
+it appears in the middle of a sentence.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph" id="meaningful-message"><p>The body should provide a meaningful commit message, which:</p></div>
<div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic">
<li>
@@ -1393,7 +1396,7 @@ this problem around.</p></div>
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- 2021-03-17 15:51:21 PDT
+ 2021-04-30 15:03:36 JST
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