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Merge branch 'hv/doc-commit-reference-style'

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A small doc update.

* hv/doc-commit-reference-style:
  SubmittingPatches: use gitk's "Copy commit summary" format
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Junio C Hamano 2016-09-08 21:49:51 -07:00
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@ -122,9 +122,14 @@ without external resources. Instead of giving a URL to a mailing list
archive, summarize the relevant points of the discussion.
If you want to reference a previous commit in the history of a stable
branch use the format "abbreviated sha1 (subject, date)". So for example
like this: "Commit f86a374 (pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak, 2015-03-30)
noticed [...]".
branch, use the format "abbreviated sha1 (subject, date)",
with the subject enclosed in a pair of double-quotes, like this:
Commit f86a374 ("pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak", 2015-03-30)
noticed that ...
The "Copy commit summary" command of gitk can be used to obtain this
format.
(3) Generate your patch using Git tools out of your commits.