[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Request: include bug numbers in commit messages

[Bill Erickson]

+1.

-b


On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'd like to request that we all get in the habit of including bug
> numbers in commit messages -- specifically, in the first line.  Doing
> this will make it easier to work backwards from a commit to the
> description of the bug it fixes without having to fight LP's search
> engine.  It will also make it easier to identify related patches,
> particularly in cases where a patch series does not get pushed all at
> once for whatever reason.
>
> Since essentially all patches [1] go through Launchpad anyway, I don't
> think this will be much of a burden.  For patches that that have
> already been pullrequested, or for cases where a patch gets written
> before a LP ticket is opened, I propose that whoever pushes a patch
> feel free to edit the commit message to add the bug number.
>
> [1] With the obvious exception of patches written during release-cutting.
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
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> Galen Charlton
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