docs: put the closing keyword in the commit subject

GitHub matches a closing keyword anywhere in the message, so the previous
"on its own line in the body" rule was invented. Use the parenthesised subject
form instead: "fix: ... (closes #1040)".
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Alex Shnitman
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## Commit messages ## Commit messages
A commit that resolves an issue must close it, using GitHub's `Closes #N.` on its A commit that resolves an issue must close it, with a GitHub closing keyword in
own line in the commit body. Because master is the default branch and is released parentheses at the end of the subject line:
on every push, the issue closes at the moment the fix ships, and the issue keeps a
permanent link to the commit that fixed it. A bare `(#123)` in the subject only ```
creates a reference — and reads as a pull-request number — so it does not count. fix: stop metadata probes from writing playlist sidecar files (closes #1040)
```
Because master is the default branch and is released on every push, the issue
closes at the moment the fix ships, and keeps a permanent link to the commit that
fixed it. A bare `(#1040)` is only a reference — and reads as a pull-request
number — so it does not count; the keyword is what closes the issue.
Auto-closing leaves only a commit stub on the issue, which is not an answer to Auto-closing leaves only a commit stub on the issue, which is not an answer to
whoever reported it. Post an explanatory comment as well: what the cause was, what whoever reported it. Post an explanatory comment as well: what the cause was, what