The kernel repository has pretty extensive documentation on how to describe the code changes in the commit messages: - https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitti

The kernel repository has pretty extensive documentation on how to describe the code changes in the commit messages: - https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html#desc... - https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#describe-your-changes https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/... - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#n45 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin... Git's own guidelines also have a nice description on how to write a better commit message: - https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches https://git-scm.com/docs/SubmittingPatches - https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/SubmittingPatches https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/Submitt... - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentatio...