CommitMessage

Commit messages

Commit messages for Go repos should be formatted as follows:

net/http: frob the quux before blarfing

Fixes #nnnn

Notably,

• the package name goes before the colon
• the part after the colon uses the verb tense + phrase that completes the blank in, "This change modifies Go to ___________"
• lowercase verb after the colon
• no trailing period

If it's not a complete fix and more is coming, use:

Updates #nnn

... instead of Fixes. Don't use the other GitHub-supported verbs.

Other repos

For non-"go" repos ("crypto", "tools", "net", etc), the subject is still the name of the package, but you need to fully-qualify the issue number with the GitHub org/repo syntax:

cipher/rot13: add new super secure cipher

Fixes golang/go#1234