From 16b0a72e07d6cc5272cb52412baa85b916b0fa3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wsmelton <11204251+wsmelton@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:18:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] contributing guide - added Code task for formatting commit
 messages

---
 .vscode/tasks.json | 13 +++++++++++++
 CONTRIBUTING.md    |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index b2b20f2e..81a36832 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.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"
+        }
     ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5aeae3e0..5c44d216 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/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                                                          |