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Date:      Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:28:40 -0800
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-git <freebsd-git@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Git commit message templates
Message-ID:  <5398f806-42a5-560e-a22c-c5483a0c6f9e@FreeBSD.org>
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On 12/17/20 12:58 PM, Ed Maste wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 17:35, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>> The only one I'm not a fan of is the lack of punctuation for the first
>> sentence.  Newspaper headlines also use additional capitalization
>> (e.g. last word and "significant words"), so the current recommendation
>> is a mix of things and not fully consistent with either one.
> 
> Fair point - considering the first line as one would an email subject
> is probably the best approach.

I agree.  Perhaps just say that (rather than newspaper headline) and leave
off the note about punctuation.

-- 
John Baldwin



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