How to get commit message on vc-change-log

How to get commit message on vc-change-log

[Aneesh Kumar K.V]

Hi,

What command will help me find the the commit message 
of a commit in logview ?. 'D' gives me diff but not the commit message

-aneesh

Re: How to get commit message on vc-change-log

[Óscar Fuentes]

aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com (Aneesh Kumar K.V) writes:

> What command will help me find the the commit message of a commit in
> logview ?. 'D' gives me diff but not the commit message

The Log View already shows the commit messages, doesn't it?

BTW, this type of questions are best suited to help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

Re: How to get commit message on vc-change-log

[Aneesh Kumar K. V]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:20:01 +0200, Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> wrote:
> aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com (Aneesh Kumar K.V) writes:
> 
> > What command will help me find the the commit message of a commit in
> > logview ?. 'D' gives me diff but not the commit message
> 
> The Log View already shows the commit messages, doesn't it?
> 
> BTW, this type of questions are best suited to help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> 

It doesn't show full commit message.It shows only the first line. For ex
on a Linux kernel git repo i find 


* | 6a99ad4  2010-07-27  gpio: fix spurious printk when freeing a gpio
* | 952e1c6  2010-07-27  edac: mpc85xx: fix coldplug/hotplug module autoloading
* | 2884fce  2010-07-27  drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8581.c: fix setdatetime


Actual commit message for 952e1c6 is 

commit 952e1c6632ab5060a2323624d2908f31d62fc0a3
Author: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@mvista.com>
Date:   Tue Jul 27 13:18:05 2010 -0700

    edac: mpc85xx: fix coldplug/hotplug module autoloading
    
    The MPC85xx EDAC driver is missing module device aliases, so the driver
    won't load automatically on boot.  This patch fixes the issue by adding
    proper MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macros.
    
    Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@mvista.com>
    Cc: Doug Thompson <dougthompson@xmission.com>
    Cc: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>
    Cc: Dave Jiang <djiang@mvista.com>
    Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Re: How to get commit message on vc-change-log

[Óscar Fuentes]

"Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

>> > What command will help me find the the commit message of a commit in
>> > logview ?. 'D' gives me diff but not the commit message
>> 
>> The Log View already shows the commit messages, doesn't it?
>> 
>
> It doesn't show full commit message.It shows only the first line. For ex
> on a Linux kernel git repo i find 
>
>
> * | 6a99ad4  2010-07-27  gpio: fix spurious printk when freeing a gpio
> * | 952e1c6  2010-07-27  edac: mpc85xx: fix coldplug/hotplug module autoloading
> * | 2884fce  2010-07-27  drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8581.c: fix setdatetime

That looks like magit.el log. Are you sure you are using VC and not some
other package? On a buffer visiting a versioned file, press C-x v l to
see how VC displays the log.

If you are using magit.el, try pressing `L' for viewing a detailed log.

Re: How to get commit message on vc-change-log

[Aneesh Kumar K. V]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:40:29 +0200, Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> wrote:
> "Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> >> > What command will help me find the the commit message of a commit in
> >> > logview ?. 'D' gives me diff but not the commit message
> >> 
> >> The Log View already shows the commit messages, doesn't it?
> >> 
> >
> > It doesn't show full commit message.It shows only the first line. For ex
> > on a Linux kernel git repo i find 
> >
> >
> > * | 6a99ad4  2010-07-27  gpio: fix spurious printk when freeing a gpio
> > * | 952e1c6  2010-07-27  edac: mpc85xx: fix coldplug/hotplug module autoloading
> > * | 2884fce  2010-07-27  drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8581.c: fix setdatetime
> 
> That looks like magit.el log. Are you sure you are using VC and not some
> other package? On a buffer visiting a versioned file, press C-x v l to
> see how VC displays the log.

I used C-x v L to get the log and want to get the full commit log on the
commit under cursor.

> 
> If you are using magit.el, try pressing `L' for viewing a detailed log.

I am not using magit.el

-aneesh

Re: How to get commit message on vc-change-log

[Dan Nicolaescu]

aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com (Aneesh Kumar K.V) writes:

> Hi,
>
> What command will help me find the the commit message 
> of a commit in logview ?. 'D' gives me diff but not the commit message

Are you looking from the short format log (like the one from C-x v L)
and you want to see the full commit message, not just the one line
form?

It sounds like a good idea that we should provide a command to show the full log.

Re: How to get commit message on vc-change-log

[Aneesh Kumar K. V]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:16:45 -0400, Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org> wrote:
> aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com (Aneesh Kumar K.V) writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > What command will help me find the the commit message 
> > of a commit in logview ?. 'D' gives me diff but not the commit message
> 
> Are you looking from the short format log (like the one from C-x v L)
> and you want to see the full commit message, not just the one line
> form?

full commit message

> 
> It sounds like a good idea that we should provide a command to show
> the full log.

I was expecting to get the output of 'git show'  with 'D' key. 

-aneesh

Re: How to get commit message on vc-change-log

[Dan Nicolaescu]

"Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:16:45 -0400, Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org> wrote:
>> aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com (Aneesh Kumar K.V) writes:
>> 
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > What command will help me find the the commit message 
>> > of a commit in logview ?. 'D' gives me diff but not the commit message
>> 
>> Are you looking from the short format log (like the one from C-x v L)
>> and you want to see the full commit message, not just the one line
>> form?
>
> full commit message
>
>> 
>> It sounds like a good idea that we should provide a command to show
>> the full log.
>
> I was expecting to get the output of 'git show'  with 'D' key. 

D shows just the diff.  This is the fist time that someone requests to
see the log too...

IMO we need more input from git users about what's better here: 
use git show for D, leave it as it is and add another command for git
show, etc.

Re: How to get commit message on vc-change-log

[Aneesh Kumar K. V]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:42:45 -0400, Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org> wrote:
> "Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:16:45 -0400, Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org> wrote:
> >> aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com (Aneesh Kumar K.V) writes:
> >> 
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > What command will help me find the the commit message 
> >> > of a commit in logview ?. 'D' gives me diff but not the commit message
> >> 
> >> Are you looking from the short format log (like the one from C-x v L)
> >> and you want to see the full commit message, not just the one line
> >> form?
> >
> > full commit message
> >
> >> 
> >> It sounds like a good idea that we should provide a command to show
> >> the full log.
> >
> > I was expecting to get the output of 'git show'  with 'D' key. 
> 
> D shows just the diff.  This is the fist time that someone requests to
> see the log too...
> 
> IMO we need more input from git users about what's better here: 
> use git show for D, leave it as it is and add another command for git
> show, etc.
> 

I have already filed bugs related to these against emacs. I will
continue to do so and can help in vc-git.el testing.

-aneesh