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[TSVN] Re: Please suggest button name

From: James Chaldecott <james_at_swythan.co.uk>
Date: 2004-08-05 15:50:57 CEST

Thomas Kindler wrote:
> If you want to comment on different files, you can still commit them in
> small groups. I must say that i'm not the biggest fan of commenting on
> the single-file-layer at all. It's often a sign that your changeset is
> too big, and should be divided in smaller commits. (because a changset
> is IMHO thought to solve a single problem, add a single feature, etc..
> the need to make different comments for different files shouldn't arise
> too often.)

Yes. What's the point of including the filenames in the log message? The
filenames are already attached to the commit. That information should be
easily discoverable when viewing histories (and if it's not, that's what
needs fixing).

If you want to use different log messages for different files, doesn't
that imply that you've got more than one atomic set of changes to commit?

It sounds like it's encouraging dubious practice to me, but I know that
there are ppl here who are using SVN for something other than strict
software version control and would like to be more liberal.

James

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