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RE: any reason to restrict commit log length?

From: Dang Nguyen <haidangwa_at_comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:55:27 -0700

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reedick, Andrew [mailto:jr9445_at_ATT.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:49 AM
> To: Dang Nguyen; users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: RE: any reason to restrict commit log length?
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> > From: Dang Nguyen [mailto:haidangwa_at_comcast.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:14 PM
> > To: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> > Subject: any reason to restrict commit log length?
> >
> > I have a user that just committed a file and pasted
> > an entire email thread (plain text) into the commit
> > log.  His log entry is roughly 2600 characters long.
> > Before I go pound this user and restrict the length
> > with a pre-commit hook, I was curious if there was
> > any good reason to restrict the length of the commit
> > log (other than this user constantly annoys me)?
>
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> Short answer: No good reason.
> Long answer: create a pre-commit hook that reads from a "favorite users
> list" and invokes a sleep command with a sleep time that's proportional
> to the commit message length.
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I like this answer!

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