Improving commit logs

O'Connor, Daniel darius at dons.net.au
Thu Apr 14 03:20:17 UTC 2016


> On 14 Apr 2016, at 12:28, Ngie Cooper <yaneurabeya at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone have any (constructive) comments or feedback?
> 
> Isn't this just an extension of what others have written up before?
> Googling "writing good commit messages yielded:
> 
> 1. http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/
> 2. https://robots.thoughtbot.com/5-useful-tips-for-a-better-commit-message
> 
> This is what I generally try to follow with commits...

Sure, but I think it carries more weight if you can point to a specific FreeBSD document and say "do it like this".

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