* lisp/mail/rmailsum.el: Commas no longer separate regexps. (Bug#19026)

[gnu-emacs] / CONTRIBUTE

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index 9aa76d541c2b5256d1e451d7b460a010b417ff9d..7e697ddd89a51f9452a3279d75212092657956cb 100644 (file)
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ messages:
   individual files section.
 
 - If the commit has more than one author, the commit message should
-  contain a separate line to mention the other authors, like the
+  contain separate lines to mention the other authors, like the
   following:
 
        Co-authored-by: Joe Schmoe <j.schmoe@example.org>
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ messages:
 - Commit messages should not contain the "Signed-off-by:" lines that
   are used in some other projects.
 
+- Any lines of the commit message that start with "; " are omitted
+  from the generated ChangeLog.
+
 - Explaining the rationale for a design choice is best done in comments
   in the source code.  However, sometimes it is useful to describe just
   the rationale for a change; that can be done in the commit message