[MPlayer-cvslog] [propchange]: r25301 - svn:log

[Diego Biurrun]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 11:35:42PM +0100, Benjamin Zores wrote:
> Diego Biurrun a écrit :
> > On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 07:41:41PM +0100, Benjamin Zores wrote:
> >> diego a écrit :
> >> Out of curiosity, is there an easy way to set msg length to 80 chars max 
> >> when commiting with:
> >> svn commit -m "...."
> >>
> >> ??
> > 
> > I can only discourage the use of -m.  Why not simply use an editor?
> 
> I can't imagine spawning an editor to type a comment.

Improving your imagination is a lifelong task for all of us.  You now
have a golden opportunity to beef up yours.

> In the future I'll simply try to avoid having longer than 80 chars msg
> even if commit msg isn't as complete/accurate as I expected it to be.

*** NOOOOOO!!!!! ***

Commit messages are an absolutely essential part of the code's
documentation.  You cannot seriously be suggesting to truncate them to
one line no matter the cost for no other reason than to avoid spawning
an editor.  Benjamin, you must be joking.

Diego