Git commit messages rules

Git commit messages rules

Syntax

Generally this is quite simple syntax should be accepted:

[**part**] *subpart*: **description of changes separated by commas;**

Where:
part and description - required
subpart - optional

Examples:

[core] bugfix: fixed segfault on incorrect message protocol, code cleanup;
[general] debian package files updates due to the dependencies changes;

Parts

• core - main sxmp library parts (/lib, /include)
• examples - examples stuff (/examples)
• manpages - man pages (/man)
• general - other stuff such as autoconf stuff, packaging and so on

Subparts

• Builtin - builtin functions such as streams might be applied for (Core, Manpages)
• Bugfix - any case of bug fixing might be applied for all available parts