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

[Sharp, Chris]

+1

This would be very helpful tracking the rationale behind certain changes we encounter.

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Erickson" <berick at esilibrary.com>
> To: "Evergreen Development Discussion List" <open-ils-dev at list.georgialibraries.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 1:50:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Request: include bug numbers in commit messages
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> +1.
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> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Galen Charlton < gmc at esilibrary.com
> > wrote:
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> 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
> --
> Galen Charlton
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> Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
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> --
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> Bill Erickson
> | Senior Software Developer
> | phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
> | email: berick at esilibrary.com
> | web: http://esilibrary.com
> | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
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