> > If this is true, why couldn't fossil collapse that same effect for a > manual commit step? > i'm not sure what you mean by that?
me -> I'm asking why can't I perform a manual commit without comments being ignored, but not using -M. On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Stephan Beal <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 4:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If this is true, why couldn't fossil collapse that same effect for a >> manual commit step? >> > > i'm not sure what you mean by that? > > >> My commit use model is I always select all and delete all predefined >> comments and paste in my own. >> > > Mine is always to use -m ... ;). > > Unless I am doing a merge and then I take advantage of the autogenerated >> sha1 artifact specified. >> But, then I have to remember to delete the dang '#' symbol!! :( >> >> It is more work to specify a message file, since my history/commit >> documents are appended and not isolated or new per commit. >> > > AFAIK, nobody really uses the -M option (probably because it's too tedious > to use for most purposes, maybe unless you're auto-importing lists of > changes from another SCM). It was added back in December 2009, and IIRC it > was because someone on the list proposed it and i thought i'd be > interesting (but then i never used it myself). > > As far as the other changes go regarding the # symbol - i'm still waiting > for someone else to volunteer :). As a general rule, i don't like to change > features which have survived the test of time (even if they're not 100% > ideal, so long as their limitations are well understood and not generally > problematic). > > -- > ----- stephan beal > http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ > http://gplus.to/sgbeal > "Since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a > perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > >
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