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[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 24 October 2010 19:09, Florian Klämpfl <florian at freepascal.org> wrote:
>
> Oh yes, the vcs is to blame for poor commit comment.

Or maybe actually manager YOUR project better, by telling all the
read/write users of your project to give better commit messages.
Nobody can describe a patch very well, and the reason for the patch in
a single line commit message.

Just to 'svn log' or 'git log' and actually look at the history of the
FPC project and the commit messages of each commit. 99% are one
liners.


So with such bad practices of yourself and of your team members, you
are setting a terrible example. That clearly rubs off on the new
contributors - they just follow the example that was set before them.
Your are to blame, because you don't manage your project well, or set
down some basic (logical) rules for all your team members.

Having descend commit messages for a patch that explains what the
patch does, and why the patch is needed, will making it so much easier
for the person reviewing that patch.


-- 
Regards,
  - Graeme -


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