Subject: [bug#41368] [PATCH] Moved gettext to use git to better conform to better bootstrapping, better integration with Software Heritage, and what looks like emerging best practices for package sources.

From: Marius Bakke <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 22:34:44 +0200

Josh Marshall <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Sun, May 17, 2020, 15:56 Marius Bakke <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> [email-masked] writes:
>>
>> > From: Josh Marshall <[email-masked]>
>>
>> Please add commit messages following the GNU ChangeLog style to your
>> patches.
>>
>
> How do I do that?  This was in large part an exercise to clean up my
> development and contribution practice.

When doing 'git commit', add a one-line "title" for your change and
mention the changed files and variables in the commit message "body".

See the git log for examples.