Re: RFE: support change-id generation natively

2013-10-24 Thread james . moger
That said, I don't think that --change-id option that the user must not forget to use is any better than a hook that the user must not forget to install. Having a --change-id option, to my mind, simplifies use of the patch workflow as it does not require downloading, copying and setting

RFE: support change-id generation natively

2013-10-21 Thread james . moger
to cheer for a change-id champion; I suspect there are some out there who might rally to this cause. Thanks for your consideration. James Moger gitblit.com [1] https://git.eclipse.org/c/jgit/jgit.git/tree/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java?h=stable-3.1#n288 [2] http

Re: RFE: support change-id generation natively

2013-10-21 Thread james . moger
there are some out there who might rally to this cause. Thanks for your consideration. James Moger gitblit.com [1] https://git.eclipse.org/c/jgit/jgit.git/tree/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java?h=stable-3.1#n288 [2] http://gerrit

Re: RFE: support change-id generation natively

2013-10-21 Thread james . moger
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013, at 02:29 PM, Thomas Koch wrote: As I understand, a UUID could also be used for the same purbose as the change- id. How is the change-id generated by the way? Would it be a good english name to call it enduring commit identifier? Here is the algorithm: