In preparation for moving MacPorts source code to git, we will be disabling the ability to edit Subversion revision properties, including commit messages (the svn:log property).
Once we move to git, editing commit messages won't be permitted anymore either. While it's technically possible to do so, if you edit a git commit message, the ID of that commit changes, as do the IDs of all commits based on it, so changing the commit messages of published commits is not recommended, and we don't want to allow it in our git repositories. If there are any typos, missing ticket numbers or other minor changes you had wanted to make in past commit messages, please do so by Monday, August 22, 2016, 12:00 Noon UTC. After that time, please take an extra moment to proof read any commit message before you save it, since you won't be able to change it later. Now is also a good time to examine your MacPorts working copies for any uncommitted work. If it's ready to be committed, or you can make it ready quickly, please do so and commit it. If you wait until after we move to git, you'll have to get a fresh copy of the code from GitHub and manually move over your changes from the old Subversion working copy. The "svn diff --git" command can help you do that. _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev