From: Dmitry Gutov Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:15:07 +0000 (+0300) Subject: ; CONTRIBUTE: Remove the "relax this rule for commit messages" bit X-Git-Tag: emacs-25.0.90~2420 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2b714275e3f94f4c26e9d25a70e68929d0ebf1ac;p=emacs.git ; CONTRIBUTE: Remove the "relax this rule for commit messages" bit Fixes: debbugs:20328 --- diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index e4454a380b6..44e6e3b61f7 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE @@ -87,10 +87,9 @@ The general format is as follows. ending with a period (except the summary line should not end in a period). - It is tempting to relax this rule for commit messages, since they - are somewhat transient. However, they are preserved indefinitely, - and have a reasonable chance of being read in the future, so it's - better that they have good presentation. + They are preserved indefinitely, and have a reasonable chance of + being read in the future, so it's better that they have good + presentation. - Use the present tense; describe "what the change does", not "what the change did".