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# Git conventions
## Commit Messages
Commit messages should follow the guidelines in the [GNOME
handbook](https://handbook.gnome.org/development/commit-messages.html). We require an URL
to either an issue or a merge request in each commit. Try to always prefix
commit subjects with a relevant topic, such as `compositor:` or
`clutter/actor:`, and it's always better to write too much in the commit
message body than too little.
If a commit fixes an issue and that issue should be closed, add URL to it in
the bottom of the commit message and prefix with `Closes:`.
Do not add any `Part-of:` line, as that will be handled automatically when
merging.
### The Fixes tag
If a commit fixes a regression caused by a particular commit, it can be marked
with the `Fixes:` tag. To produce such a tag, use
```
git show -s --pretty='format:Fixes: %h ("%s")' <COMMIT>
```
or create an alias
```
git config --global alias.fixes "show -s --pretty='format:Fixes: %h (\"%s\")'"
```
and then use
```
git fixes <COMMIT>
```
### Example
```
compositor: Also consider dark matter when calculating paint volume
Ignoring dark matter when calculating the paint volume missed the case where
compositing happens in complete vacuum.
Fixes: 123abc123ab ("compositor: Calculate paint volume ourselves")
Closes: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/1234
```