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--- dev:git [2024/03/13 17:05] – [Bug Fix Release Note Commit Message Tag] mmorgan
+++ dev:git [2025/04/15 13:22] (current) – Include a section on commit template under Commit Guidelines stompro
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   git config user.email user@hostname
   git config user.name "Firstname Lastname"
+  #Enable the Evergreen default commit template
+  git config commit.template commit-template
   git checkout -b working_branch origin/main
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 ====== Guidelines for contributors ======
+===== Commit Template =====
+The Evergreen git repo includes an optional commit template that can be used to help follow standard project formatting.  [[https://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Evergreen.git;a=blob;f=commit-template;hb=HEAD|View the current main version of the template.]]
+Enable commit template:
+  git config commit.template commit-template
+Disable commit template:
+  git config --unset commit.template
 ===== Commit messages =====
-A commit message should consist of a subject line (i.e., the first line of the commit message), then a blank line, then an optional description of the patch, followed by one or more signoffs.  The subject line should be brief, ideally no more than 60-70 characters, and should include a bug number from LaunchPad if relevant.  Here is an example of a minimum commit message:
+A commit message should consist of a subject line (i.e., the first line of the commit message), then a blank line, then an optional description of the patch, followed by one or more signoffs.  The subject line should be brief, ideally no more than 60-70 characters. Although it is acceptable to omit the Launchpad bug number from commit messages while work is in progress, by pullrequest time, each commit in a branch should include this number if relevant.  Here is an example of a minimum commit message:
   LP#24544: fix the quuxifier
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 ===== Bug Fix Release Note Commit Message Tag =====
-For simple bug fixes that can be described with one line, include a line that starts with "**Release-Note:**" that includes the release note text.  This will be grabbed by a script during release creation to speed up creating the release notes. "**Release-Note:**" entries should use present tense.
+For simple bug fixes that can be described with one line, include a line that starts with "**Release-Note:**" that includes the release note text.  This will be grabbed by a script during release creation to speed up creating the release notes.
+==== Use Present Tense ====
+"**Release-Note:**" entries should use present tense; **Add**, **Adds**, **Fixes**, **Updates**, **Removes**.
 If the bug fix needs more explanation, then the docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/miscellaneous.adoc would be a better location to add those notes.