Capitalized, short (50 char) summary (sometimes automatically converted to subject for email) (blank line is necessary) More explanatory text if necessary. Wrap text at ~72 charaters or so (about that much). Write commit messages in the imperative: "Fix bug" not "Fixed bug" or "Fixes bug", in order to align with auto generated
Blank lines separate paragraphs
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Bullets use hyphen (or asterix) followed by space
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use a hanging indent (whatever that means)