Format commit message as code block

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probonopd 2017-11-04 14:36:01 +01:00 committed by Dirk Hohndel
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@ -113,24 +113,26 @@ See: http://developercertificate.org/
Also, please write good git commit messages. A good commit message
looks like this:
Header line: explain the commit in one line (use the imperative)
```
Header line: explain the commit in one line (use the imperative)
Body of commit message is a few lines of text, explaining things
in more detail, possibly giving some background about the issue
being fixed, etc etc.
The body of the commit message can be several paragraphs, and
please do proper word-wrap and keep columns shorter than about
74 characters or so. That way "git log" will show things
nicely even when it's indented.
Make sure you explain your solution and why you're doing what you're
doing, as opposed to describing what you're doing. Reviewers and your
future self can read the patch, but might not understand why a
particular solution was implemented.
Reported-by: whoever-reported-it
Signed-off-by: Your Name <youremail@yourhost.com>
Body of commit message is a few lines of text, explaining things
in more detail, possibly giving some background about the issue
being fixed, etc etc.
The body of the commit message can be several paragraphs, and
please do proper word-wrap and keep columns shorter than about
74 characters or so. That way "git log" will show things
nicely even when it's indented.
Make sure you explain your solution and why you're doing what you're
doing, as opposed to describing what you're doing. Reviewers and your
future self can read the patch, but might not understand why a
particular solution was implemented.
Reported-by: whoever-reported-it
Signed-off-by: Your Name <youremail@yourhost.com>
```
where that header line really should be meaningful, and really should be
just one line. That header line is what is shown by tools like gitk and