Step 1: Read the OpenStack Style Guidelines.
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The common OpenStack guideline related to commit messages can be found at the official guideline.
Further guidance contains additional agreements which are specific to the Murano Applications repository.
Start a message title with the name of a particular application related to your change enclosed in brackets. If a commit is related to a group of applications that have a separate folder in the repository, add the directory path before the application name.
Correct
[Rally] Deployment fixed
Incorrect
Fix deployment of Rally application
If the application belongs to a particular group and is located in a subfolder, then use the group name as a prefix.
[Windows][ActiveDirectory] Default recovery password removed
If it is an initial commit for an application, the title should look like this:
[Docker][Elasticsearch] Application added
In case the commit is not related to any application, do not use a prefix.