Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc/SubmittingPatches: clarify the casing convention for "area: change..."

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 12:04:42 -0700

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <[email-masked]> writes:

>  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.
>  
> -  . archive: ustar header checksum is computed unsigned
> -  . git-cherry-pick.txt: clarify the use of revision range notation
> +  . doc: clarify distinction between sign-off and pgp-signing
> +  . githooks.txt: improve the intro section

Sorry, but I fail to spot why this is an improvement (it is not
making things worse, either).

>  If in doubt which identifier to use, run "git log --no-merges" on the
>  files you are modifying to see the current conventions.
>  
> +It's customary to start the remainder of the first line after "area: "
> +with a lower-case letter. E.g. "doc: clarify...", not "doc:
> +Clarify...", or "githooks.txt: improve...", not "githooks.txt:
> +Improve...".