.github: fix another stale link and refresh

Fix stale link to kernel coding style and refresh the contributing guidelines.

Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
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2026-07-31 11:39:12 +02:00
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@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Please take care to ensure you follow the project coding style and the
commit message format. If you follow these recommendations you help
the maintainer(s) and make it easier for them to include your code.
Coding Style
------------
@@ -31,8 +30,7 @@ First of all, lines are allowed to be longer than 72 characters these
days. In fact, there exist no enforced maximum, but keeping it around
100 chars is OK.
The coding style itself is strictly Linux [KNF][].
The coding style itself is strictly [Linux coding style][KNF].
Commit Messages
---------------
@@ -41,31 +39,38 @@ Commit messages exist to track *why* a change was made. Try to be as
clear and concise as possible in your commit messages, and always, be
proud of your work and set up a proper GIT identity for your commits:
git config --global user.name "Jane Doe"
git config --global user.email jane.doe@example.com
```bash
$ git config --global user.name "Jane Doe"
$ git config --global user.email jane.doe@example.com
```
Example commit message from the [Pro Git][gitbook] online book, notice
how `git commit -s` is used to automatically add a `Signed-off-by`:
Brief, but clear and concise summary of changes
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 an 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); tools like rebase can get confused if
you run the two together.
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
Signed-off-by: Jane Doe <jane.doe@example.com>
```
Brief, but clear and concise summary of changes
More detailed explanatory text, if necessary. Remember, a future
reader has the diff and can see what it does, the commit message in
itself should usually talk about the *why* of a change and/or any
technical limitations and future work.
Wrap the text to about 72 characters or so. In some contexts, the
first line is treated as the subject of an 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); tools like rebase can
get confused if you run the two together.
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
Signed-off-by: Jane Doe <jane.doe@example.com>
```
Code of Conduct
---------------
@@ -73,7 +78,6 @@ Code of Conduct
It is expected of everyone engaging in the project to, in the words of
Bill & Ted; [be excellent to each other][conduct].
[KNF]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_Normal_Form
[KNF]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.8/process/coding-style.html
[gitbook]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project#_commit_guidelines
[conduct]: CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md