Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greg Stein wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 02:55:23PM +0200, Sander Striker wrote: > >> > >> Possible, yes. Recommended, no. When you've used svn for a > >> while you'll come to apreciate the rev number (in the subject > >> line aswell)... :) > > > > Agreed. You'll find the revision number is very handy, which means that > > you'll really want to have it available. In many contexts, you might say > > "rev 473 broke FOO" or "ah. that was fixed in rev 1340" or "eesh. we need > > to revert rev 67." > > > > You'll find the Subversion issue tracker littered with closed issues to > > the tune of "fixed in rev 6310" or somesuch. > > fine and dandy. however, i personally would prefer to see changes > to a particular file to be all in the same thread, if that's the only > file affected by a commit. i prefer to *not* have to scan all over > my mail to collect them into one place when i want to review them > sequentially.
Well, I guess this comes down to a battle of who prefers what... I for one much prefer the status quo. Having commit messages threaded by revision number is great when you're discussing a particular commit. This is my preference. :-) > having the rev number in the subject line is an advantage when you > look for changes by revision. it is a *disadvantage* when you're > looking for things by module or topic. Your subjective opinion... > so put the rev number into the body of the message, but please remove > it from the subject line. -0.5 -Fitz -- Brian W. Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.red-bean.com/fitz/
