From kde-core-devel  Fri Jan 28 16:42:35 2011
From: Andreas Hartmetz <ahartmetz () gmail ! com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:42:35 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Usefulness of Subject-header of git commit mails
Message-Id: <201101281742.35435.ahartmetz () gmail ! com>
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On Monday 24 January 2011 00:13:26 Eike Hein wrote:
> 
> Yep - for the benefit of those who aren't used to the git
> jargon (sorry for that), in git the convention is to for-
> mat the commit message like this:
> 
> <single line of about 50 chars, followed optionally by:>
> <empty line>
> <longer message>
> 
> While deviating from this format is not particularly harm-
> ful, git and various tools based on git 'rely' on this
> convention to varying degrees.
> 
Semi-OT: What is the empty line good for?
Sometimes I just continue writing if the start of a long first sentence turns 
out to be a good summary.