Re: Overlong lines with git-merge --log
On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 02:30:15AM +0100, Tim Janik wrote: Using git-merge --log to merge commit messages that spawn multiple lines will produce overlong summary lines. That's because each summary line for a commit includes the entire commit message (all lines concatenated). According to git-fmt-merge-msg(1), --log should 'populate the log message with one-line descriptions' instead of using the entire commit messages. Which would make a lot of sense, it's just not working as advertised. The subject or first line is not actually the first line; these days it is typically the first paragraph. The reason is that git always expected commit messages to look like: one line describing the change more detailed explanation that might go on for several lines or even several paragraphs However, as people imported commits from previous systems, they ended up with a lot of commit messages where the closest thing to a subject was split across several lines like: here's a description of the commit that is probably overly long, but that's how we did it back in CVS days Taking just the first line of those often cuts off the useful part. It was deemed less bad to show the whole message as a subject rather than cut it off arbitrarily. If you are developing with git and not splitting the subject out with a blank line, there are a lot of tools that are going to look ugly (e.g., format-patch will generate overly long subjects, log --oneline will be ugly, and browsers like tig and gitk may be overwhelmed). -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Overlong lines with git-merge --log
On 02.11.2012 11:05, Jeff King wrote: Taking just the first line of those often cuts off the useful part. It was deemed less bad to show the whole message as a subject rather than cut it off arbitrarily. Thanks a lot for the explanation, I'm using git directly here, but the two cases I had indeed lacked this newline. -- Yours sincerely, Tim Janik --- http://timj.testbit.eu/ - Free software Author -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Overlong lines with git-merge --log
- Original Message - From: Tim Janik t...@gnu.org Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 9:24:29 AM Subject: Re: Overlong lines with git-merge --log On 02.11.2012 11:05, Jeff King wrote: Taking just the first line of those often cuts off the useful part. It was deemed less bad to show the whole message as a subject rather than cut it off arbitrarily. Thanks a lot for the explanation, I'm using git directly here, but the two cases I had indeed lacked this newline. FWIW we use merge --log quite extensively here at the office, and I've developed a habit to skim the extremely long lines and attempt to cut them intelligently (something I don't trust the computer to do for me). Sometimes that means taking the second or third sentence if it's a better summary, sometimes it's just abbreviating the first. Now that merge automatically spawns an editor, this is quite convenient (though it does take a bit longer). Thanks, Stephen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Overlong lines with git-merge --log
Hey all. Using git-merge --log to merge commit messages that spawn multiple lines will produce overlong summary lines. That's because each summary line for a commit includes the entire commit message (all lines concatenated). According to git-fmt-merge-msg(1), --log should 'populate the log message with one-line descriptions' instead of using the entire commit messages. Which would make a lot of sense, it's just not working as advertised. Encountered with git version 1.7.9.5. -- Yours sincerely, Tim Janik --- http://timj.testbit.eu/ - Free software Author -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
