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Re: How to change merge message ("weenie commits")

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Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Date
Jan 26, 2007, 23:24 UTC
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torsdag 25 januari 2007 16:56 skrev Bill Lear:
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> So, when I merge my topic branch onto master, for example, I'd like
> the commit message to be something more thoughtful than the
> "checkpoint 1", "checkpoint 2", "fix typo", "redo sort algorithm",
> etc., etc., and be more like a short set of release notes, a summary
> of what all has been accomplished.
>
> Do others run into this and perhaps have a good solution?

I agree with Karl. Stacked Git is the tool. It doesn't help in splitting muliple changes to one file so you have to do that manually with e.g. emacs.

-- robin
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Message 8 of 8 in “How to change merge message ("weenie commits")”
  1. Bill LearJan 25, 2007
  2. Santi BéjarJan 25, 2007
  3. J. Bruce FieldsJan 25, 2007
  4. Seth FalconJan 25, 2007
  5. Karl HasselströmJan 25, 2007
  6. Jakub NarebskiJan 26, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2007
  8. Robin RosenbergJan 26, 2007

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