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CONTRIBUTE: extend git commit message description

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In particular how the first line works.

Closes #5803
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@ -200,6 +200,16 @@ A short guide to how to write commit messages in the curl project.
[whatever-else-by: credit all helpers, finders, doers] [whatever-else-by: credit all helpers, finders, doers]
---- stop ---- ---- stop ----
The first line is a succinct description of the change:
- use the imperative, present tense: "change" not "changed" nor "changes"
- don't capitalize first letter
- no dot (.) at the end
The `[area]` in the first line can be `http2`, `cookies`, `openssl` or
similar. There's no fixed list to select from but using the same "area" as
other related changes could make sense.
Don't forget to use commit --author="" if you commit someone else's work, and Don't forget to use commit --author="" if you commit someone else's work, and
make sure that you have your own user and email setup correctly in git before make sure that you have your own user and email setup correctly in git before
you commit you commit