[evince] Updated Contribution Guidelines
- From: Germán Poo-Caamaño <gpoo src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [evince] Updated Contribution Guidelines
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 22:55:55 +0000 (UTC)
commit e13339c8ee1dc0bf876d2af466f287215a2370a9
Author: Pranali Deshmukh <pranali21293 gmail com>
Date: Thu Jul 2 04:16:31 2020 +0530
Updated Contribution Guidelines
Added line width recommendation for commit descriptions to the contribution
guidelines.
CONTRIBUTING.md | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
---
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2c8b8fb5..25744bd7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ Closes #1234
down the line) detailing **why** you changed something. There's no need
to specify the **how**: the changes can be inlined.
+ - While adding the main description please make sure that individual lines
+within the body are no longer than 80 columns, ideally a bit less. This makes
+it easier to read without scrolling (both in GitLab as well as a terminal with
+the default terminal size).
+
- When committing code on behalf of others use the `--author` option, e.g.
`git commit -a --author "Joe Coder <joe coder org>"` and `--signoff`.
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