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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-04-30 15:08:10 +0900 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-04-30 15:08:10 +0900 |
| commit | 4078a55a6fb467915a2f03f271d1390b97eabc13 (patch) | |
| tree | 94f9713738bf23d7a7bce9c87937558570412c71 /SubmittingPatches.txt | |
| parent | 9877648272f630de87aeee2e3a8b7f4ac1ad9c70 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-4078a55a6fb467915a2f03f271d1390b97eabc13.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.31.1-442-g7e391
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diff --git a/SubmittingPatches.txt b/SubmittingPatches.txt index 0452db2e6..55287d72e 100644 --- a/SubmittingPatches.txt +++ b/SubmittingPatches.txt @@ -117,10 +117,13 @@ If in doubt which identifier to use, run `git log --no-merges` on the files you are modifying to see the current conventions. [[summary-section]] -It's customary to start the remainder of the first line after "area: " -with a lower-case letter. E.g. "doc: clarify...", not "doc: -Clarify...", or "githooks.txt: improve...", not "githooks.txt: -Improve...". +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...", not "doc: Clarify...", or "githooks.txt: +improve...", not "githooks.txt: Improve...". But "refs: HEAD is also +treated as a ref" is correct, as we spell `HEAD` in all caps even when +it appears in the middle of a sentence. [[meaningful-message]] The body should provide a meaningful commit message, which: |