Commit messages

[Gary Benson]

Hi everyone,

A bunch of commits just got pushed with bad commit messages.
Please be aware that the format for commit messages is:

One-line summary
[blank line]
Description of changes
[blank line]
Copy of the ChangeLog entry/entries

Thanks,
Gary

[Doug Evans]

Post by Gary Benson
Hi everyone,
A bunch of commits just got pushed with bad commit messages.
One-line summary
[blank line]
Description of changes
[blank line]
Copy of the ChangeLog entry/entries
Thanks,
Gary

Best get this written down somewhere as an absolute rule.

Maybe any of (or all of) "Contribution Checklist", "Developer Tips" or
"Coding Standards" from the wiki.
[I didn't see it in any of the above, maybe I missed it or maybe it's
elsewhere.]

[Gary Benson]

Post by Doug Evans

Post by Gary Benson
A bunch of commits just got pushed with bad commit messages.
One-line summary
[blank line]
Description of changes
[blank line]
Copy of the ChangeLog entry/entries

Best get this written down somewhere as an absolute rule.
Maybe any of (or all of) "Contribution Checklist", "Developer Tips"
or "Coding Standards" from the wiki. [I didn't see it in any of the
above, maybe I missed it or maybe it's elsewhere.]

Actually I think the only time it was mentioned was here:

https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-01/msg00496.html

I'll update the wiki.

Cheers,
Gary

[Gary Benson]

Post by Gary Benson

Post by Doug Evans

Post by Gary Benson
A bunch of commits just got pushed with bad commit messages.
One-line summary
[blank line]
Description of changes
[blank line]
Copy of the ChangeLog entry/entries

Best get this written down somewhere as an absolute rule.
Maybe any of (or all of) "Contribution Checklist", "Developer
Tips" or "Coding Standards" from the wiki. [I didn't see it in
any of the above, maybe I missed it or maybe it's elsewhere.]

https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-01/msg00496.html
I'll update the wiki.

https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/ContributionChecklist#Properly_formatted_commit_messages

Cheers,
Gary