[OE-core] [PATCHv3 2/3] buildhistory: record all builds

Paul Eggleton paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com
Fri Mar 23 15:24:38 UTC 2012


On Friday 23 March 2012 15:46:23 Koen Kooi wrote:
> Op 23 mrt. 2012, om 15:33 heeft Paul Eggleton het volgende geschreven:
> > On Thursday 22 March 2012 16:25:40 Koen Kooi wrote:
> >> When nothing has changed an empty commit prefixed with "No changes" will
> >> get generated
> > 
> > So I guess what's missing from this commit message is an explanation of
> > why
> > you want this.
> 
> Drat, I had assumed the commit title would be enough for that :)

My personal opinion (probably backed up by the commit policy, I haven't 
refreshed my memory on it recently) is that commit messages should explain the 
reasoning behind a change and not just be a restatement of the change in 
human-readable form - although that is often useful in addition.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre




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