Edward Hervey schrieb: > On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 21:29 +0200, Martin Nordholts wrote: > >> Matthias Clasen wrote: >> >>> - First line (the brief description) must only be one sentence and >>> must not start with a capital letter. Don't use a trailing period >>> either. Don't exceed 76 characters. >>> >> Hi, >> >> Is there any particular reason for not starting with a capital letter, >> e.g. are there any tools that depend on it? In general I think a >> sentence look nicer if it starts with a capital letter, including those >> that does not end with a period. From a quick look at the most recent >> commit messages for the Linux kernel and git itself, it does not seem as >> if they have a rule such as the one above, which makes me even more >> curious why we should have it. >> > > FWIW, In GStreamer git repositories we use that same rule for the > one-liner with a subtle variation: > * We do allow capital letters (seriously, who cares? It looks nice) > * Considering you want to have as much info as possible in that > one-liner, we try to prefix it with a word giving a clue as to where the > work was done (without looking at the modified files). Doesn't apply if > it's a change accross the whole module. > Ex : > "rtspsrc: allow http:// on the proxy setting", or > "Mark unused arguments using G_GNUC_UNUSED glib macro." > > Edward > And we have a script to generate the ChangeLog for releases in gst too, right?
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