Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On 01/31/2016 04:34 PM, Michael Paquier wrote: > >This page would need a refresh IMO. I think it has not been touched > >for the last couple of years. > > No doubt but if we can't bother to keep that refreshed what makes us think > that a structured format in commit

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 2016-02-01 12:56:21 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > Let's just assume that we can fix that part. As in, we can expose either an > internal db id or a short hash or something, from the archives server. We > could then have that visible/linkable directly on the archives page, and > one could

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Andres Freund wrote: > On 2016-02-01 12:56:21 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > Let's just assume that we can fix that part. As in, we can expose either an > > internal db id or a short hash or something, from the archives server. We > > could then have that visible/linkable directly on the

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Michael Paquier wrote: > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Andres Freund wrote: > > I personally, and I realize that I'm likely alone on that, would really > > like to see references to relevant threads. A year after

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 01/02/16 13:36, Andres Freund wrote: On 2016-01-28 06:03:02 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: Reported-by: Bug: Author: Reviewed-by: Tested-by: Backpatch-through: I personally, and I realize that I'm likely alone on that, would really like to see

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 2016-02-01 20:53:56 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote: > Last time this was suggested though there were concerns regarding the > 72-80 character limit per line in a commit message. That seems like a misdirect. The limit is there to keep things readable, not because there's a hard technical limit.

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > On 01/31/2016 04:34 PM, Michael Paquier wrote: > > > >This page would need a refresh IMO. I think it has not been touched > > >for the last couple of years. > > > > No doubt but if we

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 2016-01-28 06:03:02 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Reported-by: > Bug: > Author: > Reviewed-by: > Tested-by: > Backpatch-through: I personally, and I realize that I'm likely alone on that, would really like to see references to relevant threads. A year after

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Andres Freund wrote: > I personally, and I realize that I'm likely alone on that, would really > like to see references to relevant threads. A year after a commit or > such it often starts to get hard to know which threads a commit was > about.

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Andres Freund wrote: > On 2016-02-01 12:56:21 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > Let's just assume that we can fix that part. As in, we can expose either > an > > internal db id or a short hash or something, from the archives server. We > >

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 01:55:23PM +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > On 01/02/16 13:36, Andres Freund wrote: > >On 2016-01-28 06:03:02 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > >>Reported-by: > >>Bug: > >>Author: > >>Reviewed-by: > >>Tested-by: > >>Backpatch-through: > > > >I

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 FWIW, I read the git logs quite a bit, especially after a release to gather some stats, and I *love* the commits that have some nice standard, easy to read fields (Alvaro for one does a great job at this). I don't think we need to mandate

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On 01/29/2016 03:05 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > >Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > >>I think the best question to ask is: > >> > >>"What is the problem we are trying to solve?" > > > >The problem is alluring more patch reviewers, beta testers and bug > >reporters. > > Do we

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 01/29/2016 03:05 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: Joshua D. Drake wrote: I think the best question to ask is: "What is the problem we are trying to solve?" The problem is alluring more patch reviewers, beta testers and bug reporters. Do we really want patch reviewers, beta testers and bug

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 01/31/2016 04:34 PM, Michael Paquier wrote: On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 2:44 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: On 01/29/2016 03:05 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: Joshua D. Drake wrote: One of the offers is to credit them (I'm not exactly clear on what is the group to benefit from this, but the phrasing used

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Sorry for little late. Can we add Severity level of patch? with only three levels as (High, Moderate, Low) Many of our customers might not understand overall important of patch. If we add this people/customers can choose patch is important for them or not. Other than Author and hackers can not

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 2:44 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On 01/29/2016 03:05 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> One of the offers is to credit them (I'm not exactly clear >> on what is the group to benefit from this, but the phrasing used in the >> meeting was "contributors to

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 30 January 2016 at 05:11, Robert Haas wrote: > > Well, this gets at one of the problems here, which is that you can't > fix a commit message once the commit has been pushed. So even if we > all agreed in principle to a standard format, it's not clear that you > could

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> I think the best question to ask is: >> >> "What is the problem we are trying to solve?" > > The problem is alluring more patch reviewers, beta testers and bug > reporters. One of the offers is to credit them

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Robert Haas wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Alvaro Herrera > wrote: > > Personally I don't see value in having the commit message follow a > > machine-parseable format; like if you say "Backpatch to" instead of > > "Backpatch-through:" makes your commit

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 5:22 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Robert Haas wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Alvaro Herrera >> wrote: > >> > Personally I don't see value in having the commit message follow a >> > machine-parseable format;

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 2016-01-29 04:42:08 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 07:30:58PM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > I have no prejudice in this area, other than one in favor of any > > rules being fairly precise. As for nuances, I guess they can be > > specified in the commit message. The one

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Robert Haas writes: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> FWIW, I'm a bit suspicious of the idea that we need to make the commit >> messages automated-tool-friendly. What tools are there that would need >> to extract this info, and

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 28 January 2016 15:57:15 CET, Robert Haas wrote: >On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Robert Haas writes: >>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Tomas Vondra >>> wrote: Why

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 07:30:58PM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > I have no prejudice in this area, other than one in favor of any > rules being fairly precise. As for nuances, I guess they can be > specified in the commit message. The one thing I do find annoying > from time to time is the limit

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 03:16:18PM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > > OK, but keep in mind whatever script committers user should remove tags > > that are empty after exiting the editor. I can provide the grep regex > > in git somewhere too: > > > > egrep -v > >

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Andres Freund writes: > That's not that hard to change. And neither git nor kernel people use 50 > char limits. I'm *strongly* opposed to making 50 chars the limit for the > first line. Ditto. It's hard enough to fit a useful headline in 75 characters. I personally will

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 01/29/2016 02:59 AM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: Well, I think what people are asking for is precisely a fixed format, and I do think there is value in that. It's nice to capture the nuance, but the nuance is going to get flattened out anyway when the release notes are created. If we all

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Joshua D. Drake wrote: > I think the best question to ask is: > > "What is the problem we are trying to solve?" The problem is alluring more patch reviewers, beta testers and bug reporters. One of the offers is to credit them (I'm not exactly clear on what is the group to benefit from this,

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 03:52:25PM +0100, Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas writes: > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Tomas Vondra > > wrote: > >> Why can't we do both? That is, have a free-form text with the nuances, and > >> then Reviewed-By

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 10:40:09AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Joshua D. Drake (j...@commandprompt.com) wrote: > > On 01/28/2016 06:57 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > > > > >>I'm on board with Bruce's template as being a checklist of points to be > > >>sure to cover when composing a commit message.

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 01/28/2016 06:34 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 09:31:46AM -0500, Robert Haas wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 6:16 AM, Tomas Vondra wrote: How about User-Interface-Bikeshedded-By: ? +1 That's sort of implicitly pejorative. Maybe we could

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 01/28/2016 03:37 PM, Robert Haas wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 09:31:46AM -0500, Robert Haas wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 6:16 AM, Tomas Vondra wrote: How about

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

* Bruce Momjian (br...@momjian.us) wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 10:40:09AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > > * Joshua D. Drake (j...@commandprompt.com) wrote: > > > On 01/28/2016 06:57 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > > > > > > >>I'm on board with Bruce's template as being a checklist of points to be >

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Stephen Frost wrote: > > OK, but keep in mind whatever script committers user should remove tags > > that are empty after exiting the editor. I can provide the grep regex > > in git somewhere too: > > > > egrep -v > > "^(Author|Reported-by|Bug|Reviewed-by|Tested-by|Backpatch-through): *$" >

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 01/28/2016 09:57 AM, Robert Haas wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Tom Lane wrote: Robert Haas writes: On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Tomas Vondra wrote: Why can't we do both? That is, have a free-form

[HACKERS] Template for commit messages

There has been a request in the FOSDEM developers meeting that committers use a more consistent format for commit messages. This is the format I use: -- email subject limit - -- gitweb summary limit --

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 01/28/2016 01:57 PM, Robert Haas wrote: ... One of the things I like about the current free-form approach is that you can indicate nuances, like: Person X reviewed an earlier version of this patch that was a lot different than this one. Person X reviewed this patch but didn't totally endorse

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:52 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > There has been a request in the FOSDEM developers meeting that > committers use a more consistent format for commit messages. This is > the format I use: > > -- email subject limit

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:30:58AM +0100, Tomas Vondra wrote: > Any reason why not to adapt the git message conventions from kernel? > > https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/CommitMessageConventions > > I'd expect there are tools already working with that format, making > the life easier for

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Dne 28. 1. 2016 11:57 napsal uživatel "Alvaro Herrera" < alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com>: > > Magnus Hagander wrote: > > > They also had tested-by, it might be an idea to include that as well? > > How about > User-Interface-Bikeshedded-By: > ? +1 > > -- > Álvaro Herrera

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 03:52:00AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > There has been a request in the FOSDEM developers meeting that > committers use a more consistent format for commit messages. This is > the format I use: Here is an updated version that includes a potential bug number: --

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Hi, On 01/28/2016 11:06 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 03:52:00AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: There has been a request in the FOSDEM developers meeting that committers use a more consistent format for commit messages. This is the format I use: Here is an updated version

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Magnus Hagander wrote: > They also had tested-by, it might be an idea to include that as well? How about User-Interface-Bikeshedded-By: ? -- Álvaro Herrerahttp://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Bruce Momjian wrote: > There has been a request in the FOSDEM developers meeting that > committers use a more consistent format for commit messages. Let me point out that the reason this is being put forward is to make sure we have the reviewers listed for each patch, so that we can add a

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:30:58AM +0100, Tomas Vondra wrote: > > Any reason why not to adapt the git message conventions from kernel? > > > > https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/CommitMessageConventions > > > > I'd

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:53:44AM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > The original format uses the author for that (author != committer in git), but > that changes how we work a bit more. I'd be happy to just clal it "Author" > rather than "Patch-by". > > I also suggest a - in "Backpatch-through:"

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 09:31:46AM -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 6:16 AM, Tomas Vondra > wrote: > >> How about > >> User-Interface-Bikeshedded-By: > >> ? > > > > +1 > > That's sort of implicitly pejorative. Maybe we could find another > way

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 09:31:46AM -0500, Robert Haas wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 6:16 AM, Tomas Vondra >> wrote: >> >> How about >> >> User-Interface-Bikeshedded-By: >> >> ? >> > >> >

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Robert Haas wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 6:16 AM, Tomas Vondra > wrote: > >> How about > >> User-Interface-Bikeshedded-By: > >> ? > > > > +1 > > That's sort of implicitly pejorative. Maybe we could find another > way to phrase that, like

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

Robert Haas writes: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Tomas Vondra > wrote: >> Why can't we do both? That is, have a free-form text with the nuances, and >> then Reviewed-By listing the main reviewers? The first one is for humans, >> the

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 6:16 AM, Tomas Vondra wrote: >> How about >> User-Interface-Bikeshedded-By: >> ? > > +1 That's sort of implicitly pejorative. Maybe we could find another way to phrase that, like "Design-suggestions-by" or maybe a more general

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Tomas Vondra wrote: > On 01/28/2016 01:57 PM, Robert Haas wrote: >> One of the things I like about the current free-form approach is that >> you can indicate nuances, like: >> >> Person X reviewed an earlier version of this patch that

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On 01/28/2016 06:57 AM, Robert Haas wrote: I'm on board with Bruce's template as being a checklist of points to be sure to cover when composing a commit message. I'm not sure we need fixed-format rules. Well, I think what people are asking for is precisely a fixed format, and I do think

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

* Joshua D. Drake (j...@commandprompt.com) wrote: > On 01/28/2016 06:57 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > > >>I'm on board with Bruce's template as being a checklist of points to be > >>sure to cover when composing a commit message. I'm not sure we need > >>fixed-format rules. > > > >Well, I think what

Re: [HACKERS] Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas writes: >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Tomas Vondra >> wrote: >>> Why can't we do both? That is, have a free-form text with the nuances, and >>> then