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Created: May 25, 2019 / Updated: November 2, 2024 / Status: draft / 1 min read (~85 words)
Created: May 25, 2019 / Updated: November 2, 2024 / Status: draft / 1 min read (~85 words)
- One liner describing what changed (not period terminated)
- A few lines describing in more details why things changed
- GPG signed commit
- Separate subject from body with a blank line
- Limit the subject line to 50 characters
- Capitalize the subject line
- Do not end the subject line with a period
- Use the imperative mood in the subject line
- Wrap the body at 72 characters
- Use the body to explain what and why vs. how