Add a note in the contributing file about trivial commits.
A better explanation of where the "CLA: trivial" line goes and how to add
it post hoc.
@@ -19,8 +19,16 @@ guidelines:
1. Anything other than a trivial contribution requires a Contributor
License Agreement (CLA), giving us permission to use your code. See
https://www.openssl.org/policies/cla.html for details. If your
- contribution is too small to require a CLA, put "CLA: trivial" on a
- line by itself in your commit message body.
+ contribution is too small to require a CLA (e.g. fixing a spelling
+ mistake), place the text "CLA: trivial" on a line by itself separated by
+ an empty line from the rest of the commit message. It is not sufficient to
+ only place the text in the GitHub pull request description.
+
+ To amend a missing "CLA: trivial" line after submission, do the following:
+
+ git commit --amend
+ [add the line, save and quit the editor]
+ git push -f
2. All source files should start with the following text (with
appropriate comment characters at the start of each line and the
