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Authors Guide: Article Template

Please submit your article including all of the information below. You can include this as a seperate file if you like - but please complete each section. Please use an online service to write your article, for example Dropbox Paper, Draft.in, Google Docs. For more help, see the editorial guide

Article Title

Ideally under 67 characters, what problem does this article solve?

Quick Summary

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Merged from https://github.com/joelparkerhenderson/git_commit_message and https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/

General Rules

• Commit messages must have a subject line and may have body copy. These must be separated by a blank line.
• The subject line must not exceed 50 characters
• The subject line should be capitalized and must not end in a period
• The subject line must be written in imperative mood (Fix, not Fixed / Fixes etc.)
• The body copy must be wrapped at 72 columns
• The body copy must only contain explanations as to what and why, never how. The latter belongs in documentation and implementation.