I hear tell this has been discussed in the past, but I thought I would bring it up again as it's something I rather miss.
I am a _huge_ fan of verbose commit messages. I think they provide all kinds of functionality for both the author and audience of the changeset. For both they help to explain what is going on. For the author they force them to articulate what they did in clear language, which can expose flaws and help set the stage for whatever is needed next. For others they provide a fulcrum for future discussion and discovery. In the TiddlyWiki universe commit messages basically get sent into the void of Trac. They do nobody any good there, where they can't be conversation generators. The standard process in other communities is that a post commit hook is used in the repo to send the commit message and a diff to a mailing list whereupon people in the community can see it and say things like: * you're doing it completely wrong[1] * wow, I did not know that, I've learned something * wouldn't it be better if you did it like X? * etc Can we do this? [1] http://www.xach.com/img/doing-it-wrong.jpg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To post to this group, send email to TiddlyWikiDev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywikidev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWikiDev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
