From: Florian Müllner Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2022 00:29:58 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: Update contribution section X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/50.5-1+rpi1~1^2~405^2^2~208 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/%22http://www.example.com/cgi/%22/%22http:/www.example.com/cgi/%22?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7ea0230a86dbee935b256171b07f2f8302917433;p=gnome-shell.git doc: Update contribution section We no longer *require* a merge request URL in commit messages, we ban them (since Marge is kind enough to add them for us). While at it, add a small section on prefixes (~~stolen from~~ inspired by mutter). Part-of: --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bf0d9aafa..9de841a65 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ Please refer to the [*Schedule* wiki page][schedule] to see the supported versio To contribute, open merge requests at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell. Commit messages should follow the [GNOME commit message -guidelines](https://wiki.gnome.org/Git/CommitMessages). We require an URL -to either an issue or a merge request in each commit. +guidelines](https://wiki.gnome.org/Git/CommitMessages). If a merge request +fixes an existing issue, it is good practice to append the full issue URL +to each commit message. Try to always prefix commit subjects with a relevant +topic, such as `panel:` or `status/network:`, and it's always better to write +too much in the commit message body than too little. ## Default branch