K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Subject: Re: [GSOC][PATCH v2] Remove outdated mentoring mailing list reference
[Documentation/SubmittingPatches]
The first line of the commit message should be a short description (50
characters is the soft limit, see DISCUSSION in linkgit:git-commit[1]),
and should skip the full stop. It is also conventional in most cases to
prefix the first line with "area: " where the area is a filename or
identifier for the general area of the code being modified, e.g.
* doc: clarify distinction between sign-off and pgp-signing
* githooks.txt: improve the intro section
If in doubt which identifier to use, run `git log --no-merges` on the
files you are modifying to see the current conventions.
> and clarify tutorial prerequisites
Do not do this. What you have on the e-mail "Subject:" line is the
first paragraph (whose definition is block of text delineated by
blank lines) of the commit log message, and the first paratraph in
the body of a patch e-mail is the second paragraph. You do not
start your second paragraph at half-sentence, as if it were a
continuation of an incomplete previous sentence.
