Re: Git Commit Messages

[Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org>]

On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 21:30 -0500, Shaun McCance wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> I'd like to request that people start prefixing their commit
> messages with [help]. Optionally, you can do the full path to
> a file if you've edited just one file, but the [help] part is
> the most useful.
> 
> Maintainers often look through logs, especially for creating
> NEWS entries at release time. They have to wade through a lot
> of stuff from developers, translators, and writers. It sucks
> up cognitive load to mentally process a bare commit message
> like "Minor edits". Instead, use "[help] Minor edits".
> 
> Thanks for your understanding.
> 

Is this just for gnome-user-docs or any help files in any module?

Paul