Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > As to individual patches, our local (read: project specific) > convention around here is to state the are the patch touches (in the > case of these patches, "git-p4" is the appropriate area name), colon, > and then a one-line summary of what the step is about (the last one > is done without initial capitalization). The summary is written with > the focus more on why and what than how. Sorry for a late typofix. "to state the AREA the patch touches" was what I meant. So I would expect all patches to this file (which is the only component of 'git-p4' subsystem) to begin with "git-p4: " prefix. Thanks.