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A good commit message should look like this:

Code Block

Header line: Explain the commit in one line

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Body of commit message is a few lines of text, explaining things in more detail,

possibly giving some background about the issue being fixed, etc etc. Use bullets if possible:

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 - Line 1

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 - Line 2 etc.

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 * Start works too, instead of -

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The body of the commit message can be several paragraphs, and please do proper word-wrap

and keep columns shorter than about 80 characters or so. That way "git log" will show things

nicely even when it's indented.

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Reviewed-by: Person or link to review on review.apache.org

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Reported-by: whoever-reported-it, if applicable
Signed-off-by: Your Name <youremail@yourhost.com>

Please com>Please use a logical prefix, which should be:

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