>> - We have strict conventions for commit messages. Our commit message >> Changelog is a strange dated practice from the time before good >> version control systems. I can live with it, but not everyone likes >> it. Let's just say I've heard complaints about it offlist. > > AFAIU this is a requirement Guix inherits from GNU (being it a GNU > project) > > I don't remember the ratio for this requirement but AFAIU it made sense > to me when I read that. > > I just hope this requirement is refraining people to contribute and to > review patches. > > Maybe we could help users not using Emacs with other editor-related > snippets in [~/src/guix/]etc/snippets? (I don't know other editors > templating systems)
We have an editor-agnostic tool in ./etc/committer.scm. -- Ricardo