From: Benoit SIGOURE <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr>
To: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Cc: git list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/5] Add a generic tree traversal to fetch SVN properties.
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:10:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0D1ADA80-223C-4143-BCEC-5275E0EAD357@lrde.epita.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4714D068.8090606@viscovery.net>
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On Oct 16, 2007, at 4:53 PM, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Benoit Sigoure schrieb:
>> * git-svn.perl (&traverse_ignore): Remove.
>> (&prop_walk): New.
>> (&cmd_show_ignore): Use prop_walk.
>
> This may be your favorite style of commit messaged, but I think the
> concensus for git is a different style of commit message: We would
> like to see *why* this change is good. But you only note *what* was
> changed, something that can be seen by looking at the patch anyway.
>
> The commit message should be helpful when the commit is looked at
> in isolation, like when you are doing some code archeology half a
> year later and e.g. git-blame/git-bisect points you to this commit.
>
> Also a notice such as
>
> "With this we will be able to lift properties like svn:ignore into
> .gitignore in a follow-up change."
>
> tells that this was actually part of a series and you don't have to
> remember that half a year ago there were 4 more patches submitted
> in the same second with this one.
Indeed, sorry, I'll write more explanatory commit messages next time :)
--
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-16 14:36 [PATCHv2 1/5] Add a generic tree traversal to fetch SVN properties Benoit Sigoure
2007-10-16 14:36 ` [PATCHv2 2/5] Implement git svn create-ignore Benoit Sigoure
2007-10-16 14:36 ` [PATCHv2 3/5] Add git svn propget Benoit Sigoure
2007-10-16 14:36 ` [PATCHv2 4/5] Add git svn proplist Benoit Sigoure
2007-10-16 14:36 ` [PATCHv2 5/5] Simplify the handling of fatal errors Benoit Sigoure
2007-11-12 17:13 ` [PATCH] git-svn: Document the `create-ignore', `propget' and `proplist' subcommands Benoit Sigoure
2007-10-16 14:53 ` [PATCHv2 1/5] Add a generic tree traversal to fetch SVN properties Johannes Sixt
2007-10-16 15:10 ` Benoit SIGOURE [this message]
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