I thought that the setting Themba recommended (admin > timeline > "Allow block markup in timeline" setting) allowed you to use the fossil markup language in your comments. Part of that means that single line breaks are ignored, while double linebreaks are interpreted as new paragraphs - http://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/wiki_rules.
I might be remembering that wrong.... As to when they are dropped, I don't know. The logic is probably somewhere here: http://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/artifact/2f7437d0e0c8559f1ee648f4714e626b9910112a Tomek > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 21:09:17 -0400 > From: sky5w...@gmail.com > To: fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > Subject: Re: [fossil-users] [v123 - Windows] Timeline view does not respect > CRLF's in commit comments? > > Thanks Themba, I will give that a try. > Sorry to hear CRLF's are not preserved... :( > Are they purposely deleted or ignored at comment loading or are they > dropped by the html render? > > I paste multi-line text into the commit prompt and my DOS window > retains the line breaks. > > I keep a History text document of revisions and notes for this purpose. > At each commit, I paste in the latest comments intended for the next release. > It would help the users read the Timeline easier if the LineBreaks > didn't go away. > > Thanks for your help. > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 11:17 PM, Themba Fletcher > <themba.fletc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've not seen or heard of a way to do what you asked for, and I went > > on a hunt for just that about a year ago. > > > > You can, if you wish, visit admin:timeline in the ui and check "allow > > block markup ..." > > > > This will let you use <br>s and such in your commit messages, but the > > raw HTML will still show up in the cli timeline. > > > > (This next bit is slightly preachy - my apologies in advance) > > > > I've found over time that this limitation has caused me to habitually > > use the -m flag with an inline commit message. This has limited my > > commits to only what I can describe in one line, and forced me into a > > workflow where I use small branches much more frequently, grouping > > small changes Into coherent sets. > > > > I can't say whether this limitation is by design or by happy accident > > -- but either way it has resulted in my using fossil in a more > > structured way, giving me a better and cleaner picture of my code over > > time. So a net win for me. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Themba > > > > > > > > On Sep 30, 2012, at 19:43, "sky5w...@gmail.com" <sky5w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi, searched email history and couldn't find an answer... > >> Admittedly, this is a nitpick but I really want my Timeline view to > >> retain the comments I enter at commit time. > >> Ex. > >> # Since no default text editor is set using EDITOR or VISUAL > >> # environment variables or the "fossil set editor" command, > >> # and because no check-in comment was specified using the "-m" > >> # or "-M" command-line options, you will need to enter the > >> # check-in comment below. Type "." on a line by itself when > >> # you are done: > >> 2012.09.30 > >> 1) Changed this... > >> 2) Broke that... > >> . > >> New_Version: d742fd95965ddb1a4f2d6bba36247a9f01d22a86 > >> > >> fossil ui SHOWS THIS Timeline... > >> 22:23 > >> [d742fd9596] Leaf: 2012.09.30 1) Changed this... 2) Broke that... > >> (user: sky5walk, tags: trunk) > >> > >> INSTEAD OF: > >> 22:23 > >> [d742fd9596] Leaf: 2012.09.30 > >> 1) Changed this... > >> 2) Broke that... > >> (user: sky5walk, tags: trunk) > >> > >> > >> Thanks for Fossil! > >> _______________________________________________ > >> fossil-users mailing list > >> fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > >> http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > _______________________________________________ > > fossil-users mailing list > > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
_______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
