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Let's try to consolidate our documentation in doc/ in the repo. This includes some documentation from README.md, the HACKING.md coding style and the gitlab wiki. The README.md file now links to all top-level topics (i.e. not reachable via other topics). This also includes a few small changes to make things more consistent. Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/3465>
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# Git conventions
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## Commit Messages
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Commit messages should follow the [GNOME commit message
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guidelines](https://wiki.gnome.org/Git/CommitMessages). We require an URL
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to either an issue or a merge request in each commit. Try to always prefix
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commit subjects with a relevant topic, such as `compositor:` or
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`clutter/actor:`, and it's always better to write too much in the commit
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message body than too little.
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If a commit fixes an issue and that issue should be closed, add URL to it in
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the bottom of the commit message and prefix with `Closes:`.
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Do not add any `Part-of:` line, as that will be handled automatically when
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merging.
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### The Fixes tag
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If a commit fixes a regression caused by a particular commit, it can be marked
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with the `Fixes:` tag. To produce such a tag, use
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```
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git show -s --pretty='format:Fixes: %h (\"%s\")' <COMMIT>
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```
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or create an alias
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```
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git config --global alias.fixes "show -s --pretty='format:Fixes: %h (\"%s\")'"
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```
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and then use
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```
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git fixes <COMMIT>
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```
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### Example
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```
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compositor: Also consider dark matter when calculating paint volume
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Ignoring dark matter when calculating the paint volume missed the case where
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compositing happens in complete vacuum.
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Fixes: 123abc123ab ("compositor: Calculate paint volume ourselves")
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Closes: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/1234
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```
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