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--- commitmessageformat [2007/06/16 21:27] – Add a case study from real life: maintainer send PR and approves extra changes (by Kris) AndrewPantyukhin
+++ commitmessageformat [2022/11/27 23:09] (current) – Overview: update with Git in mind. GrahamPerrin
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 <code>
-- Did that
+Summary, ~50 characters, no trailing punctuation
-- And that
-Field one: value
+This, that. A blank line between the summary line, and this first
-Field two: value
+piece of free-form text. Hard wrap at 72 characters.
+The other. Again, 72 characters. A blank line between this final
+piece of free-form text, and the colon-separated fields.
+First field:  value
+Second field: value
 </code>
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   * If committer==submitter, the "Submitted by" field may be omitted
   * Don't use pronouns in field values
-  * Use a spell-chekcer
+  * Use a spell-checker
   * Limit characters to US-ASCII
   * Use present tense
@@ Line 45: / Line 50: @@
 <code>
-PR:           ports/12345
+PR:           12345
 Approved by:  John Doe <john@doe.org> (maintainer)
 Approved by:  phk (maintainer, implicit)
 Approved by:  portmgr (erwin)
-Approved by:  Dow Jones (maitainer timeout, 25 days)
+Approved by:  Dow Jones (maintainer timeout, 25 days)
 Submitted by: Jane Doe <jane@doe.org>
 </code>
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 <code>
-PR:           12345
 Approved by:  maintainer
 Approved by:  maintainer timeout
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 - Add rc script
 </code>
+----
+{{tag>HowTo}}
+{{tag>Stale}}