Re: Git commit methodology

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:51:37 +0200 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote: 

LMI> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>> It's really "Gnus commit" format.  It's sort of becoming standard (Emacs
>> has a similar format) but there's no requirement to use it in Gnus
>> commits, just my gentle nudges.  So I don't know if it needs to be
>> codified.  Do you have a preference?  Looking at `git log --oneline' do
>> you see a better way?

LMI> I think the format you describe makes a lot of sense.  So it'd be nice
LMI> if `C-c C-a' codified it.

But that's an Emacs-wide shortcut.  I think we need a "Gnus C-c C-a"
function.  It can take advantage of Git in particular, using 
"git log" to generate a nice summary, which is not as easy with the
general VC+ChangeLog interface.

LMI> And `C-c C-a' pulls in changes to files that aren't going to be
LMI> committed, so it's kinda not optimal.  It should be fixed.  By
LMI> somebody.  :-)

Ditto as above: use Git directly.

LMI> I'll probably take a whack at hacking `C-c C-a' to DWIM.

OK.  You may also want to look at providing a Git-specialized `C-x 4 a'
ChangeLog appender for Gnus, since you're in that area...

Ted