Re: Template for commit messages

* Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 10:40:09AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> > * Joshua D. Drake (jd@commandprompt.com) wrote:
> > > On 01/28/2016 06:57 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> > >
> > > >>I'm on board with Bruce's template as being a checklist of points to be
> > > >>sure to cover when composing a commit message.  I'm not sure we need
> > > >>fixed-format rules.
> > > >
> > > >Well, I think what people are asking for is precisely a fixed format,
> > > >and I do think there is value in that.  It's nice to capture the
> > > >nuance, but the nuance is going to get flattened out anyway when the
> > > >release notes are created.  If we all agree to use a fixed format,
> > > >then a bunch of work there that probably has to be done manually can
> > > >be automated.  However, if we all agree to use a fixed format except
> > > >for you, we might as well just forget the whole thing, because the
> > > >percentage of commits that are done by you is quite high.
> > >
> > > Yes, we are either all in or we may as well forgo this.
> >
> > I don't have a particular issue with it, but would like whatever
> > template is decided upon to be included in our git repo and then we
> > should be able to make it the template that's opened up when people go
> > to commit pretty easily.
>
> OK, but keep in mind whatever script committers user should remove tags
> that are empty after exiting the editor.  I can provide the grep regex
> in git somewhere too:
>
>   egrep -v "^(Author|Reported-by|Bug|Reviewed-by|Tested-by|Backpatch-through): *$"

If the template is there then, for my part at least, I wouldn't mind
killing the empty lines.  Having a decent script would work too, of
course... but I have to admit that I've not tried having a script modify
my commit messages right before they're committed and, well, it'd take a
bit for me to be comfortable with it.

No one wants garbled commit messages from a script that went awry. ;)

Thanks!

Stephen