On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 8:08 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the advantage of this format? Does it come from an automatic tool? > The commit message habit has been there for a while... the automated tool is called Andrea, crushing several weekends to look up tickets in Jira that have been left abandoned but open, while the work is actually done. You all have been relying on this automation for over 10 years without much noticing I think, but has limited the Jira tendency to work towards becoming a dumpster. Generally speaking, you want to have the ticket number in all your commit messages, for very basic reasons (I'm actually surprised you work on projects where that does not happen, must be a tracking nightmare to look in their history...): https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/308084/is-there-any-downside-to-commit-messages-containing-the-ticket-number When you have to clean up problems in code, being able to annotate the code (git blame), find the origin, track the original description and discussion, and the people involved in it, is invaluable While it does not always work, it often allows to figure out why things were done that way, instead of just having a shortsighted and preconceived personal notion of what the code should be doing. Regards Andrea == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit http://goo.gl/it488V for more information. == Ing. Andrea Aime @geowolf Technical Lead GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via di Montramito 3/A 55054 Massarosa (LU) phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: +39 339 8844549 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it ------------------------------------------------------- *Con riferimento alla normativa sul trattamento dei dati personali (Reg. UE 2016/679 - Regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati “GDPR”), si precisa che ogni circostanza inerente alla presente email (il suo contenuto, gli eventuali allegati, etc.) è un dato la cui conoscenza è riservata al/i solo/i destinatario/i indicati dallo scrivente. Se il messaggio Le è giunto per errore, è tenuta/o a cancellarlo, ogni altra operazione è illecita. Le sarei comunque grato se potesse darmene notizia. This email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. We remind that - as provided by European Regulation 2016/679 “GDPR” - copying, dissemination or use of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail.*
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