Re: [GSOC][PATCH v2] Remove outdated mentoring mailing list reference

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> K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> writes:
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> > Subject: Re: [GSOC][PATCH v2] Remove outdated mentoring mailing list reference
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> [Documentation/SubmittingPatches]
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>     The first line of the commit message should be a short description (50
>     characters is the soft limit, see DISCUSSION in linkgit:git-commit[1]),
>     and should skip the full stop.  It is also conventional in most cases to
>     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.
>

>     * doc: clarify distinction between sign-off and pgp-signing
>     * githooks.txt: improve the intro section
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>     If in doubt which identifier to use, run `git log --no-merges` on the
>     files you are modifying to see the current conventions.
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> > and clarify tutorial prerequisites
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> Do not do this.  What you have on the e-mail "Subject:" line is the
> first paragraph (whose definition is block of text delineated by
> blank lines) of the commit log message, and the first paratraph in
> the body of a patch e-mail is the second paragraph.  You do not
> start your second paragraph at half-sentence, as if it were a
> continuation of an incomplete previous sentence.
>