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Re: ChangeLogs in commit messages
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- Cc: Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat dot com>, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>, gdb at sourceware dot org, Andreas Arnez <arnez at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:22:01 -0700
- Subject: Re: ChangeLogs in commit messages
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> > This is an objective that can be achieved with zero extra work
> > if you consider the other reasons I gave why I think the CL entry
> > should be in the revision log.
>
> That can also be achieved without the duplication in the commit message.
Again, I do think that having the CL entry in the commit message is
useful, and I disagree with the idea of removing it from there.
Imagine you are scanning the past changes, looking for what might
have caused a behavior change. When using "git log", having the CL
in there often helps.
--
Joel