[oe] Please mention "why" in the commit messages

Khem Raj raj.khem at gmail.com
Mon Feb 21 19:27:29 UTC 2011


On (21/02/11 14:11), Leon Woestenberg wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am continuously running into build errors that relate to recent
> commits and I try to find fixes for them.
> 
> However, the trend is that recent commit messages do not always tell
> _why_ the change was needed., i.e. what does the commit solve?
> 
> Therefore, a kind request to summarize this in your commits:
> 
> 1) tell _what_ has changed.
> 2) tell _why_ is has changed, i.e. what does the commit solve?
> 

pretty much if we follow the commit log policy we will get good
commit log history.

> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Leon
> 
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-- 
-Khem




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