Re: Git commit methodology

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:41:01 +0200 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote: 

LMI> I haven't been paying all that much attention to how people are supposed
LMI> to commit stuff to Gnus and/or Emacs after the changeover to git/bzr.
LMI> Are we still supposed to update the ChangeLog?  Are lots of small
LMI> commits OK, or should it be in larger chunks?  Should I push often, or
LMI> less often?  Or what?

LMI> Let me know whether I'm doing something wrong...

Do your work in logical chunks, like with CVS.  When ready, do a commit
(or ammend as needed).  Do a push when you need to, there's no problem
with pushing once or several times, but it's more of a pain to revert.

The ChangeLog format is the same.  The *commit message* should be

--cut--
short-description-of-change

normal-commit-message
--cut--

which produces nice one-line summaries in the condensed git log (and
Bazaar).

The sync with Emacs is done by Yamaoka-san.  I don't know how often.
It's not hard to set up apparently; he posted some explanations.  I had
planned to set up a smart sync process with add/delete/move support but
it hasn't been necessary so far.

Ted