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Re: git add "This file is for the blah class"

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MAMark Adam <dreamingforward-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Date
Aug 19, 2012, 23:03 UTC
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On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:49 PM, NightShade <nightshade1632-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>wrote:
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> Maybe something like
>
> Create initial version of class file or files “maybe even empty files”
> then use git add and git commit to store them in the repo and finally git
> notes to add the description.****
>
> ** **
>
> Since I mainly use git with drupal and just need to record when I create a
> site specific folder or add / update a module I have a very basic working
> knowledge of git. Based on how I interpret the below excerpt from the
> git-notes man page I think the above would work as long as there is not a
> commit between the initial addition/commit of the class files and the note.
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> This is from the git-notes man page at kernel.org****
>
> A typical use of notes is to supplement a commit message without changing
> the commit itself. Notes can be shown by *git log* along with the
> original commit message.****
>
> ** **
>
>
> Yes, that's all decent, but I'm trying to create a habitual methodology

about the documentation of files so that it helps the community as standard practice. The perfect place is really on the git add command line. I would suggest it at the main dev list, but I recently signed on and have established any status there.... So will wait...

mark
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