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diff --git a/COMMUNITY.md b/COMMUNITY.md index bbc5bb6d10..5bc95ddcc8 100644 --- a/COMMUNITY.md +++ b/COMMUNITY.md @@ -222,6 +222,23 @@ merged in a timely manner. ## Developer's Guidelines +### Commit messages + +Commit messages should be formatted in the same way as Linux kernel commit +messages. The format is roughly + +``` dir: short summary + +extended summary ``` + +`dir` should be the top level source directory under which the change was made. +For example, a change in bgpd/rfapi would be formatted as: + +`bgpd: short summary` + +The first line should be no longer than 50 characters. Subsequent lines should +be wrapped to 72 characters. + ### Source file header New files need to have a Copyright header (see [License for |