From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jose E. Marchesi" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ChangeLog and commit messages Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:52:26 +0200 Message-ID: <87ilbjltpx.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87a5wxb5sl.fsf@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26534"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Po Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 19 10:53:03 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qBAdC-0006eR-DJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:53:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qBAcl-0004IX-17; Mon, 19 Jun 2023 04:52:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qBAci-0004Hu-N9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2023 04:52:32 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qBAci-0003Wj-EC; Mon, 19 Jun 2023 04:52:32 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-Version:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:To: From; bh=1jCIxBN4bTYwzETXKH+AmSCMDMXpXfUx5FVHMg+pPWQ=; b=HpoHXVLuRqjHijPHt2Ec fKa2ZSEFr2zWehuU3uWF03KQ1jeeQf2npSIrwQcZemCDk36JggS7gmHveO5VEoOU5JLXW10xjGcg8 KVBOIfYYfQWQa7X4GP/t5pG8azCRCqnioupVAAdzNkQzWxqu0y8U3QOYfNF9ZKW5pUKoRyBltCsSN 0obpGEASzUStgBExI80edermDcloGzmmDci6IZdbT0HdCN/wde7U/NKu2dOKzXiuwFnr34LkiVDKZ Thyt2+Mm1H3z9BEfF6Z+LtzVe7DzQ5VHE6TGTloyXI5agStQ88Dz+72rPVW66rfwxqIPynkJyQkwG YSa2ElwjQZ+1yA==; Original-Received: from dynamic-077-180-055-008.77.180.pool.telefonica.de ([77.180.55.8] helo=termi) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qBAch-00040g-Jh; Mon, 19 Jun 2023 04:52:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87a5wxb5sl.fsf@yahoo.com> (Po Lu's message of "Sun, 18 Jun 2023 15:14:50 +0800") X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:307037 Archived-At: > I find myself often frustrated that Git requires a commit title. In > such a title, committers are expected to summarize in detail changes to > dozens of different functions in less than 74 characters of text. When I find myself in that situation, I interpret it as a sign that the problem is better (more naturally) handled by several commits instead of just one. > Normally, the place for such descriptions would be in ChangeLog and not > the commit message title. Would it be possible to allow writing commit > messages consisting solely of ChangeLog, forgoing the commit title > entirely? I wouldn't recommend that. It makes `git log --oneline' useless.