CONTRIBUTE: extend git commit message description

In particular how the first line works.

Closes #5803
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Daniel Stenberg 2020-08-11 16:49:57 +02:00
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@ -200,6 +200,16 @@ A short guide to how to write commit messages in the curl project.
[whatever-else-by: credit all helpers, finders, doers]
---- stop ----
The first line is a succinct description of the change:
- use the imperative, present tense: "change" not "changed" nor "changes"
- don't capitalize first letter
- no dot (.) at the end
The `[area]` in the first line can be `http2`, `cookies`, `openssl` or
similar. There's no fixed list to select from but using the same "area" as
other related changes could make sense.
Don't forget to use commit --author="" if you commit someone else's work, and
make sure that you have your own user and email setup correctly in git before
you commit