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From: Feng Shu <tumashu@163.com>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What does mean of commits prefix ; ?
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 06:16:09 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jzlehz2u.fsf@163.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sf02glwg.fsf@gmx.net> (Stephen Berman's message of "Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:46:07 +0200")

Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:

> On Thu, 04 Apr 2024 05:28:02 +0800 Feng Shu <tumashu@163.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello:
>>
>>    I have found that many commits prefix ';', is it has
>> special mean?
>>
>> for example:
>>
>> e95a8622263  ; * lisp/keymap.el (key-parse): Fix processing of "[TAB]". (Bug#69893)
>> afb7a23e7b9  ; Improve documentation of 'backup-by-copying'
>
> This is explained the the CONTRIBUTE file in the Emacs sources:
>
>   If the summary line starts with a semicolon and a space "; ", the
>   commit message will be skipped and not added to the generated
>   ChangeLog file.  Use this for minor commits that do not need to be
>   mentioned in the ChangeLog file, such as changes in etc/NEWS, typo
>   fixes, etc.
>
> Steve Berman

Thanks!

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      reply	other threads:[~2024-04-03 22:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-03 21:28 What does mean of commits prefix ; ? Feng Shu
2024-04-03 21:46 ` Stephen Berman
2024-04-03 22:16   ` Feng Shu [this message]

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