From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Improved git commit emails [was Re: Git transition checklist] Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:21:04 -0500 Message-ID: <79eh4ifi7j.fsf_-_@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <20140108135200.8ECF9380834@snark.thyrsus.com> <2990610.kbiSx0fztg@descartes> <38592099.qd8IGjdgfG@descartes> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389205264 14472 80.91.229.3 (8 Jan 2014 18:21:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 18:21:04 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 08 19:21:11 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W0xkb-0007sO-Cd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 19:21:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48289 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0xka-0003MN-Qk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:21:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55044) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0xkY-0003Lj-3B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:21:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0xkX-0007VR-1R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:21:06 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42708) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0xkW-0007VM-US for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:21:04 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0xkW-0006er-BM; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:21:04 -0500 X-Spook: Glock UNSCOM Agfa Skipjack Becker offensive information X-Ran: 6%:p-{$QJ!udU0x6jlwsUSEKf]SqnEKwt=Cs#QM7Ip6'em'HKivf'A6gK[ (=?utf-8?Q?=22R=C3=BCdiger?= Sonderfeld"'s message of "Wed, 08 Jan 2014 19:08:06 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:167770 Archived-At: These are the changes I would like to see in the commit emails (decreasing order of importance): 1) get the first line of the commit message in the subject 2) remove the guff "This is an automated email...in full, below" 3) add a list of modified files somewhere near the top 4) Mail-Followup-To: committer, emacs-devel Even just 1) would be a big help. As it stands I have to read the entire mail to see which files got changed. Before I just had to look at the start of the mail. I spent some time getting the Savannah bzr setup working (obviously wasted effort now). I won't repeat that for Git, I hope someone else will.