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authorzimbatm <zimbatm@zimbatm.com>2016-04-09 17:53:24 +0100
committerzimbatm <zimbatm@zimbatm.com>2016-04-09 17:59:35 +0100
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Simplify contributing
* Highlight the top mistakes directly in CONTRIBUTING.md
* Remove unecessary cruft from the PR template
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@@ -12,4 +12,18 @@ under the terms of [COPYING](../COPYING), which is an MIT-like license.
 
 ## Submitting changes
 
-See the nixpkgs manual for details on how to [Submit changes to nixpkgs](http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/manual/latest/download-by-type/doc/manual#chap-submitting-changes).
+* Format the commits in the following way:
+
+  `(pkg-name | service-name): (from -> to | init at version | refactor | etc)`
+
+  Examples:
+
+  * nginx: init at 2.0.1
+  * firefox: 3.0 -> 3.1.1
+  * hydra service: add bazBaz option
+  * nginx service: refactor config generation
+
+* Don't put dots at the end of package descriptions.
+
+See the nixpkgs manual for more details on how to [Submit changes to nixpkgs](http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/manual/latest/download-by-type/doc/manual#chap-submitting-changes).
+