Several of us were discussing http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/ -- there are a couple other really good articles about git commit messages and below is the message style I've been trying to follow.
http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/ http://www.laurencegellert.com/2013/07/how-to-write-a-proper-commit-message/ http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html GEODE-nn: Begin capitalized and 50 chars or less More detailed explanation with linefeeds to wrap at 72 characters after a blank line following the summary. Further paragraphs come after blank lines. - Bullet points are okay, too - Typically a hyphen or asterisk is used for the bullet, followed by a single space, with blank lines in between, but conventions vary here - Use a hanging indent
