Contributions using other licenses might be accepted, but further\r
review will be required.\r
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-=======================================\r
-= Change Description / Commit Message =\r
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+=====================================================\r
+= Change Description / Commit Message / Patch Email =\r
+=====================================================\r
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Your change description should use the standard format for a\r
commit message, and must include your "Signed-off-by" signature\r
\r
== Sample Change Description / Commit Message =\r
\r
-=== Definitions for sample change description ===\r
+=== Start of sample patch email message ===\r
+\r
+From: Contributor Name <contributor@example.com>\r
+Subject: [PATCH] CodeModule: Brief-single-line-summary\r
+\r
+Full-commit-message\r
+\r
+Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0\r
+Signed-off-by: Contributor Name <contributor@example.com>\r
+---\r
+\r
+An extra message for the patch email which will not be considered part\r
+of the commit message can be added here.\r
+\r
+Patch content inline or attached\r
+\r
+=== End of sample patch email message ===\r
+\r
+=== Notes for sample patch email ===\r
+\r
+* The first line of commit message is taken from the email's subject\r
+ line following [PATCH]. The remaining portion of the commit message\r
+ is the email's content until the '---' line.\r
+* git format-patch is one way to create this format\r
+\r
+=== Definitions for sample patch email ===\r
\r
* "CodeModule" is a short idenfier for the affected code. For\r
example MdePkg, or MdeModulePkg UsbBusDxe.\r
* "Signed-off-by" is the contributor's signature identifying them\r
by their real/legal name and their email address.\r
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-=== Start of sample change description / commit message ===\r
-CodeModule: Brief-single-line-summary\r
-\r
-Full-commit-message\r
-\r
-Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0\r
-Signed-off-by: Contributor Name <contributor@email.server>\r
-=== End of sample change description / commit message ===\r
-\r
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= TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0 =\r
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