Re: [git] Git Commit message guidelines

[Chris Aniszczyk <caniszczyk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 5:08 AM, Paul Webster
<pwebster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't believe so (although Platform UI has always tended to copy the
> entire Bug # - title into the commit message).
>
> Also FWIW, the EGit guidelines:
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/Contributor_Guide#Commit_message_guidelines
>
> I like the idea of adding bug and CQ numbers in the commit message footers,
> it seems to be a common practice to have information there in git commit
> messages.
>
> Bug: NNNNN
> CQ: NNNN

I personally find the EGit committer guidelines reasonable because if
you use Gerrit, the Bug and CQ text gets auto-linked. There's also the
possibility of using git-notes to adorn commit messages with this type
of information but no one has been pushing hard for this yet.

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