Improving commit logs

[Glen Barber]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:50:07PM +0930, O'Connor, Daniel wrote:
> 
> > On 14 Apr 2016, at 12:28, Ngie Cooper <yaneurabeya at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Does anyone have any (constructive) comments or feedback?
> > 
> > Isn't this just an extension of what others have written up before?
> > Googling "writing good commit messages yielded:
> > 
> > 1. http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/
> > 2. https://robots.thoughtbot.com/5-useful-tips-for-a-better-commit-message
> > 
> > This is what I generally try to follow with commits...
> 
> Sure, but I think it carries more weight if you can point to a
> specific FreeBSD document and say "do it like this".
> 

As one of the people that has to suffer through delving through commit
logs to find the 'gems', I can personally guarantee that documenting
"how to write good commit messages" will be less than fruitful.

Glen

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