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+PR:		
+Submitted by:	
+Reported by:	
+Reviewed by:	
+Approved by:	
+Obtained from:	
+MFC after:	
+MFH:		
+Relnotes:	
+Security:	
+Sponsored by:	
+Differential Revision:	
+#
+# Description of fields to fill in above:                     76 columns --|
+# PR:                       If and which Problem Report is related.
+# Submitted by:             If someone else sent in the change.
+# Reported by:              If someone else reported the issue.
+# Reviewed by:              If someone else reviewed your modification.
+# Approved by:              If you needed approval for this commit.
+# Obtained from:            If the change is from a third party.
+# MFC after:                N [day[s]|week[s]|month[s]].  Request a reminder email.
+# MFH:                      Ports tree branch name.  Request approval for merge.
+# Relnotes:                 Set to 'yes' for mention in release notes.
+# Security:                 Vulnerability reference (one per line) or description.
+# Sponsored by:             If the change was sponsored by an organization.
+# Differential Revision:    https://reviews.freebsd.org/D### (*full* phabric URL needed).
+#
+# See 'Commit Log Messages' in the Committer's Guide for details.
+#
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#### USING THIS TEMPLATE ####
+#
+# 1. From the root of the ports tree run:
+#	git config commit.template .gitmessage
+#
+# 2. To automatically remove empty fields, create
+#    ${PORTSDIR}/.git/hooks/commit-msg with the contents below.
+#    Do not forget to uncomment each line and make the file executable.
+#
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+##!/bin/sh
+#
+#if sed -E -i '' \
+#       -e '/^(PR|Submitted by|Reported by|Reviewed by|Approved by|'\
+#'Obtained from|MFC after|MFH|Relnotes|Security|Sponsored by|Differential '\
+#'Revision):[[:space:]]*$/d' \
+#"$1"; then
+#	return 0
+#else
+#	printf "Error processing the commit message\\n."
+#	exit 1
+#fi