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diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTE.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTE.md index 978b87d27..579ba32bb 100644 --- a/docs/CONTRIBUTE.md +++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTE.md @@ -200,6 +200,16 @@ A short guide to how to write commit messages in the curl project. [whatever-else-by: credit all helpers, finders, doers] ---- stop ---- +The first line is a succinct description of the change: + + - use the imperative, present tense: "change" not "changed" nor "changes" + - don't capitalize first letter + - no dot (.) at the end + +The `[area]` in the first line can be `http2`, `cookies`, `openssl` or +similar. There's no fixed list to select from but using the same "area" as +other related changes could make sense. + Don't forget to use commit --author="" if you commit someone else's work, and make sure that you have your own user and email setup correctly in git before you commit |