contributing guide - added Code task for formatting commit messages

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
     // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
     "version": "2.0.0",
     "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "changelog commits",
+            "type":"shell",
+            "command": "git reflog --pretty=format:'* %h %s' | clip",
+            "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
+        },
         {
             "label": "build-library",
             "type": "shell",
@@ -41,5 +47,12 @@
             },
             "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
         }
+    ],
+    "inputs": [
+        {
+            "id": "commitcount",
+            "type": "promptString",
+            "description": "Number of your commits to copy to the clipboard"
+        }
     ]
 }

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ The git history of a branch is utilized in building the CHANGELOG for the projec
 
 More info: [How to Write a Git Commit Message](https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/)
 
+A task, `changelog commits`, is available in Code for this project that allows you to copy the formatted commit messages used in our CHANGELOG.
+
 ## Project Folder Structure
 
 | Folder   | Description                                                          |