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* commits: Mention not to mix changes in any given commit.
author Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
date Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:18:49 -0800
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1 HOW TO COMMIT CHANGES TO EMACS 1 HOW TO COMMIT CHANGES TO EMACS
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3 Most of these points are from:
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3 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-03/msg00555.html 5 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-03/msg00555.html
4 From: Miles Bader 6 From: Miles Bader
5 Subject: commit style redux 7 Subject: commit style redux
6 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:21:20 +0900 8 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:21:20 +0900
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10 (0) Each commit should correspond to a single change (whether spread
11 over multiple files or not). Do not mix different changes in the
12 same commit (eg adding a feature in one file, fixing a bug in
13 another should be two commits, not one).
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8 (1) Commit all changed files at once with a single log message (which 15 (1) Commit all changed files at once with a single log message (which
9 in CVS will result in an identical log message for all committed 16 in CVS will result in an identical log message for all committed
10 files), not one-by-one. This is pretty easy using vc-dir now. 17 files), not one-by-one. This is pretty easy using vc-dir now.
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39 have something like "Regenerate configure". 46 have something like "Regenerate configure".
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42 Followup discussion: 49 Followup discussion:
43 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-01/msg00897.html 50 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-01/msg00897.html
51 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-02/msg00401.html
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46 PREVIOUS GUIDELINES FOR CVS 54 PREVIOUS GUIDELINES FOR CVS
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48 For historical interest only, here is the old-style advice for CVS logs: 56 For historical interest only, here is the old-style advice for CVS logs: