file first line (starting with the asterisk). Then there is no
individual files section.
-- If the commit has authors other than yourself, the commit message
- should contain a separate line like the following:
+- If the commit has more than one author, the commit message should
+ contain separate lines to mention the other authors, like the
+ following:
Co-authored-by: Joe Schmoe <j.schmoe@example.org>
- 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