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2021-04-10CONTRIBUTING: Put commit message example on separate linemasterPaul Menzel
Give more prominence to the example, and avoid having the dot/period at the end (though after the quotation). Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Alex Doyle <[email protected]>
2021-04-10CONTRIBUTING: Capitalize commit message summary in examplePaul Menzel
git's default commit messages do it, it’s [recommended][1], and it improves readability. [1]: https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/#capitalize Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Alex Doyle <[email protected]>
2021-04-10CONTRIBUTING: Use imperative mood in commit message examplePaul Menzel
git's default messages for merging and reverting use imperative mood, so be consistent. It's also recommended in [How to Write a Git Commit Message][1]. (I know some random blog post in the WWW.) [1]: https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/#imperative Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Alex Doyle <[email protected]>
2021-04-10CONTRIBUTING: Update URL for *The Lifecyle of a Patch*Paul Menzel
The URL moved to HTTPS, but cannot be found anymore. $ curl -I https://www.linuxfoundation.org/content/22-lifecycle-patch HTTP/2 404 After finding [a snapshot of the page in the Wayback Machine][1], the text is also in the Linux kernel documentation now, so link to that. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20160426082058/https://www.linuxfoundation.org/content/22-lifecycle-patch Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Alex Doyle <[email protected]>
2019-01-02Change email list links to groups.iocurtis
Signed-off-by: Alex Doyle <[email protected]>
2016-07-22Documentation: Add CONTRIBUTING fileCurt Brune
Put a standard file, called CONTRIBUTING, in the root directory of the project, to help make it clear how to contribute. See: https://help.github.com/articles/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors/ Signed-off-by: Curt Brune <[email protected]>