Jens Peters wrote:
> SteveKing wrote:
>
>> The 1.0.7 release seems to create a lot of traffic on the mailing
>> list, so I'd like to summarize the things that bother you:
>>
>> - The disabled "OK" button in the commit dialog and the "bugreports"
>> show how many people are committing without writing any log messages
>> (!!!). So I'll set the minimum log length to zero by default.
>
>
>
> Please don't do this, simply give a message that you have to enter a
> log message. I totally agree with you and want all our users to enter
> messages per default :(
If you want all users to enter log messages, the only way to do this is
by setting up a pre-commit hook script. Please see the section "Hook
Scripts" in Chapter 5 of the Subversion manual. If you need help with it
(after reading the manual), ask the Subversion mailing list for help;
I'm sure someone has done something similar for your platform.
While requiring log messages on the client has good intentions, it's too
easy to "get around" it by simply using the command line, or by going
into the settings and changing the minimum-length setting. The client
should be as lenient as possible by default, and only enforce more
restrictive settings if it is configured that way.
If you want to (try to) enforce the setting for all your users, create a
Registry file with the correct subset of
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TortoiseSVN and have your users install it.
But even then they can change it back.
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".
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Received on Thu Jul 22 17:10:26 2004