Re: cg-commit does not run pre-commit hook?

From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Date: Oct 12, 2006, 15:54 UTC
Message-ID: <20061012155444.27391353BDE@atlas.denx.de>
In-Reply-To: <452E545F.6060406@op5.se>

Dear Andreas,

in message <452E545F.6060406@op5.se> you wrote:

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> > I'm looking for a way  to  register  the  commit  message  into  some
> > changelog  file  which  gets  checked  in with the same commit. Or is
> > there another way to do this? 
> 
> git log

Sorry, this does not work, as I can access the commit message only *after* the commit completed, and then it's too late to get it into a file that shall be included with the very same commit.

> The commit message is already saved and git (and cogito, I presume) 
> provide tools to fetch those messages in the relevant different orders

Yes, but only *after* doing the job. That's why I'm looking for a pre-commit hook.

> One part of why a proper SCM is so good to use is that you shouldn't 
> have to maintain a separate changelog. The SCM should create one for you 
> when you ask it, based on the comments you've entered when actually 
> making the changes.

True, as long as you can work within the SCM. The changelog file I'm talking about is mostly for people who just work with exported trees (for example, when they download a tarball).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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