From a9a98cd152d9e4686c7d2f2de5733f2c0bf164a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Bryant <jb@jeremybryant.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 21:47:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ; * CONTRIBUTE: Clarify single-line commit should end with a
 period.

(cherry picked from commit 30fb2ac07a74d88908013ea80c62fe6317b3a590)
---
 CONTRIBUTE | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index aaf26ece5a7..eda300f01bc 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ formatting them:
   there will be no individual ChangeLog entries beyond the one in the
   summary line.
 
+- If the commit message is a single-line, it should end with a period.
+
 - If the commit has more than one author, the commit message should
   contain separate lines to mention the other authors, like the
   following:
-- 
2.39.5