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@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ drafts of it. By including a unique Change-Id in the commit message,
Gerrit can automatically associate a new version of a change back
to its original review, even across cherry-picks and rebases.
-To be picked up by Gerrit, a Change-Id line must be in the bottom
-portion (last paragraph) of a commit message, and may be mixed
-together with the Signed-off-by, Acked-by, or other such footers.
-For example:
+To be picked up by Gerrit, a Change-Id line must be in the footer
+(last paragraph) of a commit message, and may be mixed
+together with link:user-signedoffby.html[Signed-off-by], Acked-by,
+or other such lines. For example:
----
$ git log -1
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ rebased to address reviewer comments since its initial inception.
To avoid confusion with commit names, Change-Ids are typically prefixed with
an uppercase `I`.
+[[creation]]
Creation
--------
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ of the local Git repository:
$ curl -o .git/hooks/commit-msg http://review.example.com/tools/hooks/commit-msg
+Then ensure that the execute bit is set on the hook script:
+
+ $ chmod u+x .git/hooks/commit-msg
+
For more details, see link:cmd-hook-commit-msg.html[commit-msg].
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