From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Workflow to accumulate individual changes? Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:44:46 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87637of4y8.fsf@kobe.laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262259951 3998 80.91.229.12 (31 Dec 2009 11:45:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:45:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr, lekktu@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 31 12:45:43 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NQJTI-0003qs-Vx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:45:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56054 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NQJTJ-0007lF-De for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:45:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NQJSb-0007QG-HM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:44:57 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NQJSW-0007N3-PW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:44:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41558 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NQJSW-0007My-Kc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:44:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:47170) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NQJSU-0004eA-1q; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:44:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1C011C001E9; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:44:47 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC2709020D; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:44:47 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.3.149]) by localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id m4FPLUx+kkUm; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:44:46 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from igel.home (DSL01.83.171.180.60.ip-pool.NEFkom.net [83.171.180.60]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:44:46 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 91852CA28C; Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:44:46 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: I'm an East Side TYPE.. In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:11:23 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:119138 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > Are you suggesting that the commit message should not mention the > changes in individual files at all, just the general idea? Yes, that's what they are for. Just like a merge commit does not repeat the history of all merged revisions, but just summerizes it. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."