Josh Marshall <joshua.r.marshall.1991@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, May 17, 2020, 15:56 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> wrote:
>
>> joshua.r.marshall.1991@gmail.com writes:
>>
>> > From: Josh Marshall <joshua.r.marshall.1991@gmail.com>
>>
>> Please add commit messages following the GNU ChangeLog style to your
>> patches.
>>
>
> How do I do that?  This was in large part an exercise to clean up my
> development and contribution practice.

When doing 'git commit', add a one-line "title" for your change and
mention the changed files and variables in the commit message "body".

See the git log for examples.