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Re: [PATCH] Fix safe_create_leading_directories() for Windows

From
Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 2, 2014, 20:37 UTC
Message-ID
<52C5CE13.2020506@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20140102181857.GG7608@serenity.lan>
On 02.01.2014 19:18, John Keeping wrote:
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>> That said, I see any further explanations on top of the commit message
>> title is an added bonus, and as "just" a bonus a link to a pull request
>> should be fine. You don't need to understand or appreciate the concept
>> of pull requests in order to follow the link and read the text in there.
>
> The commit message serves as an historical record of why a change was
> made; depending on an external service to provide this information when
> it can quite easily be included in the commit itself lessens the value
> of the commit message.

Sure. My point just was that IMHO the commit does not *depend* on the information provided in the link; for me the commit was simply self-evident, and I just added link as optional information, not to replace any inline text that I would have written otherwise.

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Sebastian Schuberth
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Message 5 of 22 in “Fix safe_create_leading_directories() for Windows”
  1. Fix safe_create_leading_directories() for WindowsSebastian Schuberth, Jan 2, 2014
  2. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2014
  3. Sebastian SchuberthJan 2, 2014
  4. John KeepingJan 2, 2014
  5. Sebastian SchuberthJan 2, 2014
  6. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2014
  7. Erik Faye-LundJan 7, 2014
  8. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2014
  9. Sebastian SchuberthJan 7, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2014
  11. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2014
  12. Sebastian SchuberthJan 2, 2014
  13. Fix safe_create_leading_directories() for WindowsSebastian Schuberth, Jan 2, 2014
  14. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2014
  16. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2014
  18. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2014
  19. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2014
  20. Sebastian SchuberthJan 19, 2014
  21. Sebastian SchuberthJan 19, 2014
  22. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2014

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