[Koha-devel] Good commit messages

Chris Cormack chrisc at catalyst.net.nz
Mon Jul 30 07:32:28 CEST 2018


Yes Bug 12345: not -

And 50 chars is just the first line you can put a lot more in the rest. The bug number is the important bit in the first line. 

Chris 



On 30 July 2018 4:39:46 PM NZST, David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
> 
>
>So Jonathan linked me to this the other day:
><https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Commit_messages#Good_commit_messages_2
>>
>https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Commit_messages#Good_commit_messages_2
>
>
> 
>
>I don't understand one of the "Bad commit messages" though. I thought
>everyone always starts a good commit message with "Bug 12345 - ". Am I
>missing something there?
>
> 
>
>Personally, I don't think you can always explain what the *bug* is in
>50
>characters, although I'm super on board for the commit message
>containing
>what the *fix* does. 
>
> 
>
>I'm writing a commit message for
>https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21131 and
>struggling a bit as the bug is actually kind of convoluted. 
>
> 
>
>David Cook
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