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Re: commit type

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 31, 2008, 23:27 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0811010025570.22125@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, 7rans wrote:
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> David Symonds <dsymonds <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:58 AM, 7rans <transfire <at> gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Currently I achieve this by adding "[type]" to the end of my commit 
> > > messages. But of course that's less than optimal.
> > 
> > Why is that less than optimal? It seems a lot less intrusive than what 
> > you suggest.
> 
> Because it becomes formalized. Which means people can write tools other 
> people can use to work with them.
So you want to force this onto all Git users?

If yes: that murmur you hear in the background, it might well be the collective "thanks, but no thanks" of people who do not want that type of distinction between different commits.

If no: what would be the real difference from that suffix in the oneline?

Ciao, Dscho

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  3. Samuel Lucas Vaz de MelloOct 31, 2008
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  6. 7ransNov 1, 2008
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