docs: add example around the suggested commit message format

It gets rendered inline in HTML and becomes not very clear.

Reviewed-by: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
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James Darnley 10 years ago committed by Michael Niedermayer
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@ -323,9 +323,12 @@ Always fill out the commit log message. Describe in a few lines what you
changed and why. You can refer to mailing list postings if you fix a
particular bug. Comments such as "fixed!" or "Changed it." are unacceptable.
Recommended format:
@example
area changed: Short 1 line description
details describing what and why and giving references.
@end example
@item
Make sure the author of the commit is set correctly. (see git commit --author)

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