Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Use 'First Paragraph' instead of 'First Line'.
Jeremy White jwh...@codeweavers.com writes: The discussion of email subject throughout the documentation is misleading; it indicates that the first line will become the subject. In fact, the first and second and third lines will become the subject, up until the first full blank line. Describing it as the first paragraph is more accurate. Signed-off-by: Jeremy White jwh...@codeweavers.com --- Documentation/git-commit.txt |2 +- Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt |2 +- Documentation/git-format-patch.txt |8 +--- Documentation/git-shortlog.txt |2 +- Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt |2 +- Documentation/gittutorial.txt |2 +- Documentation/user-manual.txt |2 +- 7 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index e99bb14..a61bca9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ DISCUSSION Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message with a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the change, followed by a blank line and then a more thorough description. -Tools that turn commits into email, for example, use the first line +Tools that turn commits into email, for example, use the first paragraph on the Subject: line and the rest of the commit in the body. This is a good change, as the previous sentence says the norm for the first paragraph is a single line. diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index 7e83288..499c26a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Fields that have name-email-date tuple as its value (`author`, `committer`, and `tagger`) can be suffixed with `name`, `email`, and `date` to extract the named component. -The first line of the message in a commit and tag object is +The first paragraph of the message in a commit and tag object is `subject`, the remaining lines are `body`. The whole message is `contents`. This may need a bit more explanation. Just saying First Paragraph without saying that for all commits in a sane project it is the same as First Line will make the reader wonder What happens to the second and subsequent lines? (the answer is that the first paragraph is made into a single looong line). diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 9674f9d..e6f6d0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ output, unless the `--stdout` option is specified. If `-o` is specified, output files are created in dir. Otherwise they are created in the current working directory. -By default, the subject of a single patch is [PATCH] First Line and +By default, the subject of a single patch is [PATCH] First Paragraph and the subject when multiple patches are output is [PATCH n/m] First +Paragraph. Note that First Paragraph consists of text in the commit message +prior to the first completely blank line (see the DISCUSSION section +in linkgit:git-commit[1]). To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, +use `-n`. To omit patch numbers from the subject, use `-N`. Ditto. diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index dfd4d0c..9464932 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION --- Summarizes 'git log' output in a format suitable for inclusion in release announcements. Each commit will be grouped by author and -the first line of the commit message will be shown. +the first paragraph of the commit message will be shown. Ditto. diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt index f7815e9..92f97e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ $ git show-branch --topo-order --more=1 master mybranch The first two lines indicate that it is showing the two branches -and the first line of the commit log message from their +and the first paragraph of the commit log message from their top-of-the-tree commits, you are currently on `master` branch (notice the asterisk `\*` character), and the first column for the later output lines is used to show commits contained in the Ditto. diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index 1c16066..a1bc56c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ A note on commit messages: Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message with a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the change, followed by a blank line and then a more thorough
Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Use 'First Paragraph' instead of 'First Line'.
From: Jeremy White jwh...@codeweavers.com Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:42 PM The discussion of email subject throughout the documentation is misleading; it indicates that the first line will become the subject. In fact, the first and second and third lines will become the subject, up until the first full blank line. Describing it as the first paragraph This up until the first full blank line part should also be in the documentation itself to clarify how a 'paragraph' is delineated. I've shown one place it could go below. is more accurate. Signed-off-by: Jeremy White jwh...@codeweavers.com --- Documentation/git-commit.txt |2 +- Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt |2 +- Documentation/git-format-patch.txt |8 +--- Documentation/git-shortlog.txt |2 +- Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt |2 +- Documentation/gittutorial.txt |2 +- Documentation/user-manual.txt |2 +- 7 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index e99bb14..a61bca9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ DISCUSSION Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message with a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the change, followed by a blank line and then a more thorough description. -Tools that turn commits into email, for example, use the first line +Tools that turn commits into email, for example, use the first paragraph on the Subject: line up until the first full blank line and the rest of the commit in the body. include::i18n.txt[] diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt index 7e83288..499c26a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Fields that have name-email-date tuple as its value (`author`, `committer`, and `tagger`) can be suffixed with `name`, `email`, and `date` to extract the named component. -The first line of the message in a commit and tag object is +The first paragraph of the message in a commit and tag object is `subject`, the remaining lines are `body`. The whole message is `contents`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 9674f9d..e6f6d0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ output, unless the `--stdout` option is specified. If `-o` is specified, output files are created in dir. Otherwise they are created in the current working directory. -By default, the subject of a single patch is [PATCH] First Line and +By default, the subject of a single patch is [PATCH] First Paragraph and the subject when multiple patches are output is [PATCH n/m] First -Line. To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, use `-n`. To omit -patch numbers from the subject, use `-N`. +Paragraph. Note that First Paragraph consists of text in the commit message +prior to the first completely blank line (see the DISCUSSION section +in linkgit:git-commit[1]). To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, +use `-n`. To omit patch numbers from the subject, use `-N`. If given `--thread`, `git-format-patch` will generate `In-Reply-To` and `References` headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index dfd4d0c..9464932 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION --- Summarizes 'git log' output in a format suitable for inclusion in release announcements. Each commit will be grouped by author and -the first line of the commit message will be shown. +the first paragraph of the commit message will be shown. Additionally, [PATCH] will be stripped from the commit description. diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt index f7815e9..92f97e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ $ git show-branch --topo-order --more=1 master mybranch The first two lines indicate that it is showing the two branches -and the first line of the commit log message from their +and the first paragraph of the commit log message from their top-of-the-tree commits, you are currently on `master` branch (notice the asterisk `\*` character), and the first column for the later output lines is used to show commits contained in the diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt index 1c16066..a1bc56c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ A note on commit messages: Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message with a single
Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Use 'First Paragraph' instead of 'First Line'.
Jeremy White jwh...@codeweavers.com writes: Thanks for the feedback; new patch inbound. Minor nits: diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt index f7815e9..92f97e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ $ git show-branch --topo-order --more=1 master mybranch The first two lines indicate that it is showing the two branches -and the first line of the commit log message from their +and the first paragraph of the commit log message from their top-of-the-tree commits, you are currently on `master` branch (notice the asterisk `\*` character), and the first column for the later output lines is used to show commits contained in the Ditto. I did not substantially alter this. The emphasis of this section is on the broader show-branch output, and belaboring the subject would be distracting and unnecessary imho. Yeah, but if that is the focus of this part of the documentation, wouldn't a patch to update the first line with something more generic like title of the commit be more appropriate? -- 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: [PATCH] Documentation: Use 'First Paragraph' instead of 'First Line'.
For that kind of casual wording, we have used title on this list for quite a long time, I think. So I'd rather see a change that just says title (if we are making such a change to the documentation, that is). This is not a very strong preference, though. Ah, I was unaware of the use of title, and I rather like it. v3 inbound making more use of title, and hopefully addressing your other points as well. Cheers, Jeremy -- 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
