SubmittingPatches: add doc for commit title

explain that we need a prefix in the commit title

Signed-off-by: Kefu Chai <kchai@redhat.com>
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@ -355,6 +355,16 @@ the convenience of the 'pull request' feature.
Describe the technical detail of the change(s) your patch includes.
The text up to the first empty line in a commit message is the commit
title. Ideally it is a single short line less than 50 characters,
summarizing the change. It is required to prefix it with the
subsystem or module you are changing. For instance, the prefix
could be "doc:", "osd:", or "common:". One can use::
git log
for more examples.
Be as specific as possible. The WORST descriptions possible include
things like "update driver X", "bug fix for driver X", or "this patch
includes updates for subsystem X. Please apply."
@ -387,6 +397,15 @@ the convenience of the 'pull request' feature.
get more context of this bug, so she/he can hence update the issue on
the bug tracker accordingly.
So a typical commit message for revising the document could look like::
doc: add "--foo" option to bar
* update the man page for bar with the newly added "--foo" option.
* fix a typo
Fixes: #12345
Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org>
4. Separate your changes.