enforced by a commit hook.
- If only a single file is changed, the summary line can be the normal
- file first line (starting with the asterisk). Then there will be no
- individual ChangeLog entries beyond the one in the summary line.
+ first line of a ChangeLog entry (starting with the asterisk). Then
+ there will be no individual ChangeLog entries beyond the one in the
+ summary line.
- If the commit has more than one author, the commit message should
contain separate lines to mention the other authors, like the
- Explaining the rationale for a design choice is best done in comments
in the source code. However, sometimes it is useful to describe just
the rationale for a change; that can be done in the commit message
- between the summary line and the file entries.
+ between the summary line and the following ChangeLog entries.
- Emacs follows the GNU coding standards for ChangeLog entries: see
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html or run