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-# <type>: <subject> (max 50 chars)
-# |<---- Using a Maximum Of 50 Characters ---->|
-
-# Explain why this change is being made
-# |<---- Try To Limit Each Line to a Maximum Of 72 Characters ---->|
-
-# Provide links to any relevant tickets, articles or other resources
+# Summarize change in 50 characters or less
+#
+# More detailed explanatory text, if necessary. Wrap it to about 72
+# characters or so. In some contexts, the first line is treated as the
+# subject of the email and the rest of the text as the body. The
+# blank line separating the summary from the body is critical (unless
+# you omit the body entirely); various tools like `log`, `shortlog`
+# and `rebase` can get confused if you run the two together.
+#
+# Explain the problem that this commit solves. Focus on why you are
+# making this change as opposed to how (the code explains that).
+# Are there side effects or other unintuitive consequences of this
+# change? Here's the place to explain them.
+#
+# Further paragraphs come after blank lines.
+#
+# - Bullet points are okay, too
+#
+# - Typically a hyphen or asterisk is used for the bullet, preceded
+# by a single space, with blank lines in between, but conventions
+# vary here
+#
+# If applied, this commit will...
+# Why was this change made?
+# Any references to tickets, articles, etc?