Encourage https: in commit messages

* CONTRIBUTE: Prefer https: when citing.
* build-aux/git-hooks/commit-msg:
Diagnose http: and ftp: URLs to FSF or GNU hosts.
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Paul Eggert 2017-10-14 19:16:12 -07:00 committed by Paul Eggert
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@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ them right the first time, so here are guidelines for formatting them:
bug number NNNNN in the debbugs database. This string is often
parenthesized, as in "(Bug#19003)".
- When citing URLs, prefer https: to http: when either will do. In
particular, gnu.org and fsf.org URLs should start with "https:".
- Commit messages should contain only printable UTF-8 characters.
- Commit messages should not contain the "Signed-off-by:" lines that

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@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ exec $awk -v at_sign="$at_sign" -v cent_sign="$cent_sign" '
non_print = "[^[:print:]]"
}
}
c_lower = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
unsafe_gnu_url = "(http|ftp)://([" c_lower ".]*\\.)?(gnu|fsf)\\.org"
}
/^#/ {
@ -125,6 +127,14 @@ exec $awk -v at_sign="$at_sign" -v cent_sign="$cent_sign" '
status = 1
}
{
if (match($0, unsafe_gnu_url)) {
url = substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH)
printf "Use https: URL instead of '\''%s'\'' in commit message\n", url
status = 1
}
}
$0 ~ non_print {
print "Unprintable character in commit message"
status = 1