Re: git: 9f1b1be53d96 - main - *: Updated guacamole-[server|client] to 1.4.0

From: Rene Ladan <rene_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:19:16 UTC
On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 09:18:12AM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 08:18:59AM +0000, Rene Ladan wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 02:15:34AM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 11:09:47PM +0000, Richard Gallamore wrote:
> > > > commit 9f1b1be53d965ca9eedef7a6547eb47973c8dae0
> > > > 
> > > >     *: Updated guacamole-[server|client] to 1.4.0
> > > 
> > > There's no need to mutilate commit logs with `*:' anymore, JFYI.
> > 
> > Talking about mutilating commit logs, how about using the contents
> > of COMMENT as the first line of the commit log of newly added ports
> > instead of a non-informative "new port has been added (+)" ?
> 
> This is not mutilation: this won't work as COMMENT alone does not
> constitute *action* inflicted on the port, and amending the COMMENT
> with extra text to make it suitable for action won't fit the line
> limit, which is even less than common ~72 characters due to stupid
> four-characted padding git puts in front of the log.
> 
Having a short description of what the port does is more useful
than forcing the git summary in an active tense.

René