should almost always provide a more detailed description of what you did (i.e.
the body of the commit message).
The only exceptions for not providing a detailed description would be if your
- change is a simple, self-explanatory change that needs no description.
+ change is a simple, self-explanatory change that needs no further description
+ beyond the summary.
Here are the guidelines for composing a commit message:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Provide a single-line, short summary of the change.