I like the proposal. This will be helpful when got and Jira are linked.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 17, 2015, at 1:14 PM, Chris Hillery <[email protected]> wrote: > > At Couchbase, we have a commit message standard which has proven useful. > All git commit messages must start with a short one-line summary of no more > than 60 characters or so. Then a blank line, followed by additional > details, specifics, etc. all on lines of no more than 72 characters. If > it's a simple enough change that the one-line summary is all you need, > that's fine too. > > Additionally, if the commit is for a specific ticket, that ticket number > must be at the beginning of the summary line, followed by a colon. FYI our > tickets in Jira are named eg. ASTERIXDB-1097. So, for example: > > ------ > ASTERIXDB-1097: Fix threading in printers > > Replace static data member with a safe thread-local instance to > avoid data corruption. > ------ > > This really helps in tracking git history - there are several commands > which will only display the first line of a commit message, for instance, > so having it be self-contained makes it much easier to read. You may also > have noticed that Gerrit uses that first line for the subjects of emails it > sends out. Also, by including the ticket name, we can easily configure > Gerrit to provide a hyperlink to the ticket to make things easier to review. > > Here's a blog post which goes into excruciating detail about commit > messages: > > http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/ > > Ceej > aka Chris Hillery
