Merge topic 'doc-dev-review-messages'

ee51f374 Help/dev: Add commit reference format to review process guide
c928439c Help/dev: Organize commit message instructions into subsections

Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !1182

Help/dev/review.rst

@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ Committers should aim to keep this first line short. Any subsequent lines
 should be separated from the first by a blank line and provide relevant, useful
 information.
 
+Area Prefix on Commit Messages
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
 The appropriateness of the initial word describing the area the commit applies
 to is not something the automatic robot review can judge, so it is up to the
 human reviewer to confirm that the area is specified and that it is
@@ -209,6 +212,9 @@ message include:
 * ``Autogen: Extended mocInclude tests``
 * ``cmLocalGenerator: Explain standard flag selection logic in comments``
 
+Referencing Issues in Commit Messages
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
 If the commit fixes a particular reported issue, this information should
 ideally also be part of the commit message. The recommended way to do this is
 to place a line at the end of the message in the form ``Fixes: #xxxxx`` where
@@ -228,6 +234,29 @@ other synonyms for ``Fixes`` and allows much more flexible forms than the
 above, but committers should aim for this format for consistency. Note that
 such details can alternatively be specified in the merge request description.
 
+Referencing Commits in Commit Messages
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The preferred form for references to other commits is
+``commit <commit> (<subject>, <date>)``, where:
+
+* ``<commit>``:
+  If available, a tag-relative name of the commit produced by
+  ``git describe --contains <commit-ish>``.  Otherwise, the first
+  8-10 characters of the commit ``<hash>``.
+
+* ``<subject>``:
+  The first line of the commit message.
+
+* ``<date>``:
+  The author date of the commit, in its original time zone, formatted as
+  ``CCYY-MM-DD``.  ``git-log(1)`` shows the original time zone by default.
+
+Alternatively, the full commit ``<hash>`` may be used.
+
+Revising Commit Messages
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
 Reviewers are encouraged to ask the committer to amend commit messages to
 follow these guidelines, but prefer to focus on the changes themselves as a
 first priority. Maintainers will also make a check of commit messages before