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EdgeX will follow will well-established conventions for creating consistent, well written Git commit messages. Just follow the seven rules below and you shouldn’t run into any problems.
The seven rules of a good Git commit message are:
- Separate subject from body with a blank line
- Limit the subject line to 50 characters
- Capitalize the subject line
- Do not end the subject line with a period
- Use the imperative mood in the subject line
- Wrap the body at 72 characters
- Use the body to explain what and why vs. how
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- If your branch includes more than one commit, do not merge with a fast-forward
# good - ensures that a merge commit is created $ git merge --no-ff my-branch # bad $ git merge my-branch |
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