1 === ChangeLog discontinued ===
3 gcr does not use a manually edited ChangeLog file. We rely on commit
4 messages to provide change history. Please write commit messages
5 in the following format:
7 === begin example commit ===
9 Short explanation of the commit
11 Longer explanation explaining exactly what's changed, whether any
12 external or private interfaces changed, what bugs were fixed (with bug
13 tracker reference if applicable) and so forth. Be concise but not too
16 === end example commit ===
18 - Always add a brief description of the commit to the _first_ line of
19 the commit and terminate by two newlines. This may be the title of
20 a fixed bug, copied from Bugzilla.
22 - First line (the brief description) must only be one sentence and
23 should start with a capital letter unless it starts with a
24 lowercase symbol or identifier. Don't use a trailing full stop,
25 and don't exceed 72 characters.
27 - The main description (the body) is normal prose and should use
28 normal punctuation and capital letters where appropriate.
30 - When committing code on behalf of others use the --author option,
31 e.g. git commit -a --author "Joe Coder <joe@coder.org>" and