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Re: [TSVN] Re: TODO list for 1.1.0

From: Toby Johnson <toby_at_etjohnson.us>
Date: 2004-07-22 18:02:31 CEST

Paul Morrow wrote:

> Toby Johnson wrote:
>
>>
>> I think everyone agrees with you though that a message is probably
>> needed; the "OK" could remain greyed out with a label above it (in a
>> color that stands out such as dark red) that says "Log message must
>> be at least /nn/ characters before commiting".
>
>
> No, everyone does *not* agree. Required field values only make sense
> when you can be sure that you're getting a good value. It's just too
> easy to enter 'asfdasdfasdf' as a comment. Instead, your organization
> should have a policy on good comments, where you get chewed-out by the
> boss if you leave the comment out entirely or fail to write a good one.
>
> But now for those of us who use svn for personal use, we sometimes
> commit something just to be sure that it's safe. The work isn't
> necessarily in a consistent state where it can meaningfully be
> described in a comment, so to be forced to enter one is just annoying.

You misunderstood what I was saying. I agree with you that requiring the
setting does not make sense in all cases, and I use a private Subversion
repository very much the way you do.

The only thing I was assuming everyone agreed with was the need for a
meaningful message in the event that the client was preventing a commit
due to the log message, not that that setting should in fact be the
default (which it appears is now moot anyway with 1.0.8!)

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