mailer.py on svn.collab.net has been tweaked to, for commits which touch
this checkpoints directory:
Use 'svn checkpoint' instead of 'svn commit' in the subject line
Suppress all diffs
Suppress all ViewVC URLs
(This mail was a test re-generation of the commit mail for r27139.)
glasser@tigris.org wrote:
> Author: glasser
> Date: Thu Oct 11 19:06:44 2007
> New Revision: 27139
>
> Log:
> While Subversion's branches are lightweight, there's some social
> overhead involved in making a new branch in /branches in our
> repository. It's not something you want to do for quickly
> checkpointing half-written code: after all, every commit sends out
> mail, and you don't want to waste other developer's time reviewing
> patches you know are unfinished.
>
> On the other hand, if the commit messages were turned off (or
> redirected to a different mailing list that only the most paranoid
> developers were on), the repository would be a great place for
> committers to checkpoint big patches. So let's just make a separate
> directory for "below the radar" branches: /checkpoints.
>
> (This idea seemed good to some of us on IRC.)
>
> Note that you shouldn't actually use this until somebody changes the
> mailer hooks.
>
>
> Added:
> checkpoints/
> checkpoints/README
>
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C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net>
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Received on Fri Oct 12 04:43:02 2007