On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 03:52:40PM -0700, Chris Kuethe wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Darrin Chandler > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You'll notice those commits are preceeded by other commits. Often this > > is the case when a device is added to a file and committed, then stuff > > is autogenerated. Comitting the autogenerated stuff separately makes it > > easier to see the real change, and the real log message is with the > > original commit. > > Not just easier to see but more accurate and useful. > > Let's say I add a new usb device to usbdevs r1.358, generate all the > headers and commit. usbdevs*.h will say they were generated from > 1.358, but if a user tries to check out 1.358, they won't be able to > rebuild usbdevs*.h and get the same contents. By committing the source > first, and then the regenerated files, you ensure that you get > consistency between all the files and everyone gets the same, correct > output when they check out and build.
I hadn't considered that. Thanks! -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation
