On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Darren Pearce-Lazard <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I will, in fact, say it: it is good practice to supply a meaningful log >> > message even for the smallest of edits. > > I agree with this completely. However... > >> >> Just do a search and see the number of commit messages that remain at >> 'Editing wiki page thru web interface' and you will see the problem. >> Its very unhelpul without going into the diff page to see what wiki >> page was changed. The default message is a very poor choice and many >> developers just wont change that message if the edit is minor. Human >> nature. Give us better defaults. Or give us the code to change it to >> a better default ;D > > ... I often find I miss editing the field and just click on 'save' (probably > something to do with the fact that conceptually seeing the wiki as part of > the VCS is still 'new' to me). I am always evangelising about providing good > commit messages but editing them post hoc is a bit of a pain. > So, how about when you click 'save', there is a *further* page which then > prompts for the commit message? This would -- for me at least! -- make it a > lot easier to remember to enter a sensible message. The second page could > also show the diff so it could be summarised properly.
We usually take efforts to minimize the number of steps necessary to achieve a goal. This seems like a bit heavyweight to me. I am personally leaning towards the more sane default of simply including the wiki page name in the default message presented to the user. It at least provides a better starting point when reviewing changes in the version control system. > As jagernot says, users could specify their own default message. I was also > wondering if there could be a length restriction that project owners could > enforce, especially requiring a non-empty log message. > What do you think, Nathan? Others? > :Darren. This could be useful if we provide a template system for the messages. It's quite likely that project owners may want to include the edited wiki page name, project name, user name, or some other piece of pertinent information. Thanks, Nathan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en.
