From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8063 invoked by alias); 14 Aug 2014 15:01:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 7852 invoked by uid 89); 14 Aug 2014 15:01:12 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:01:10 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26FD011618C; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:01:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id kTU6+jVFK3Kg; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:01:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E413711618A; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:01:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D118641103; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:01:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:01:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Andreas Schwab Cc: Gary Benson , Mike Frysinger , gdb@sourceware.org, Andreas Arnez Subject: Re: ChangeLogs in commit messages Message-ID: <20140814150112.GK4924@adacore.com> References: <20140814083231.GA6283@blade.nx> <6036430.RnprRWgZmF@vapier> <20140814131206.GA12746@blade.nx> <20140814132939.GH4924@adacore.com> <20140814134807.GI4924@adacore.com> <20140814142201.GJ4924@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-08/txt/msg00032.txt.bz2 > > Again, I do think that having the CL entry in the commit message is > > useful, and I disagree with the idea of removing it from there. > > Imagine you are scanning the past changes, looking for what might > > have caused a behavior change. When using "git log", having the CL > > in there often helps. > > It's already included. You can use git log -p to show it. But -p shows the _entire_ patch. This is a lot of clutter just to get the ChangeLog entries, don't you think? -- Joel