i was curious because, at least on github, the commit log seems empty
(maybe i'm missing something)

http://github.com/insoshi/insoshi/commit/f10e18dca92fdbfaf97928b8944eacf2082925b7

as compared to for instance

http://github.com/insoshi/insoshi/commit/8ec714e1f1dc7c789f003e3a63c3ba3345ff54f7

On Jun 11, 6:36 pm, "Long Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You'll always be able to see what's changed in the Insoshi releases: All
> that commit information does get from the private Git repository to the
> public GitHub repository.  That's part of the design of Git.
>
> The autogenerated commit records the 1) updates to files that were made as
> part of the "git merge" command when we're consolidating the work done on
> parallel development branches in order to include them in the release and 2)
> that the merge did take place (the commit has parent commits from both
> branches).   If you don't see any diffs associated with this kind of commit,
> then it means that the merging was "clean" (didn't require manual merges so
> all the file changes are already contained in the parent commits).
>
> The private Git repository is used so we can version internal development.
> This includes updates that are currently in progress (not ready to be
> released) and parallel development branches (to work on some features or
> fixes in isolation).  It's our "local repository" but maintained at a hosted
> location in case anything unfortunate happens to our laptops.
>
> Long
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:47 AM, Kyrre Nygård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Following Michael's Merge branch 'master' of
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:instantsocial 4 days ago -- and Long's comment on
> > GitHub: "We maintain a private Git repository to store changes before
> > we push them up to GitHub. It's our primary (aka origin) for internal
> > development. That autogenerated commit message includes that remote
> > information." -- how can we then know what's changed, when all your
> > logs are at your private Git repository?
>
> --
> Long Nguyen
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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