Re: Template for commit messages

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 10:40:09AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Joshua D. Drake (jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com) wrote:
> > On 01/28/2016 06:57 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> >
> > >>I'm on board with Bruce's template as being a checklist of points to be
> > >>sure to cover when composing a commit message. I'm not sure we need
> > >>fixed-format rules.
> > >
> > >Well, I think what people are asking for is precisely a fixed format,
> > >and I do think there is value in that. It's nice to capture the
> > >nuance, but the nuance is going to get flattened out anyway when the
> > >release notes are created. If we all agree to use a fixed format,
> > >then a bunch of work there that probably has to be done manually can
> > >be automated. However, if we all agree to use a fixed format except
> > >for you, we might as well just forget the whole thing, because the
> > >percentage of commits that are done by you is quite high.
> >
> > Yes, we are either all in or we may as well forgo this.
>
> I don't have a particular issue with it, but would like whatever
> template is decided upon to be included in our git repo and then we
> should be able to make it the template that's opened up when people go
> to commit pretty easily.

OK, but keep in mind whatever script committers user should remove tags
that are empty after exiting the editor. I can provide the grep regex
in git somewhere too:

egrep -v "^(Author|Reported-by|Bug|Reviewed-by|Tested-by|Backpatch-through): *$"

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