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1. Bradley M. Kuhn disturbing

   Am I the only one in the world who is deeply !disturbed and #annoyed with empty commit messages? I write screenfuls of commit notes!

   Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 17:20:15 UTC from identi.ca
   • Tekk Has Moved

     @bkuhn I try to sum it up, general rule is 100 characters

     Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 17:23:14 UTC
   • Jason Self disturbing

     Not at all.

     Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 17:31:47 UTC
   • Richard Fontana disturbing

     @bkuhn I don't believe in commit messages for mere sake of having non-empty commit messages. Won't reason for commit sometimes be #obvious?

     Friday, 09-Dec-11 16:50:36 UTC
   • Bradley M. Kuhn disturbing , Richard Fontana

     I believe the commit message should help reader understand the state of mind of the commiter at time of the commit. Important historically.

     Friday, 09-Dec-11 17:47:56 UTC
   • Richard Fontana disturbing

     @bkuhn perhaps a "state of mind" flag of some sort is called for then

     Friday, 09-Dec-11 19:23:53 UTC
   • John Sullivan

     So, empty commit messages are okay as long as the committer is a zen master?

     Friday, 09-Dec-11 19:25:47 UTC
     Jason Self likes this.
   • Bradley M. Kuhn John Sullivan

     Not quite. The Zen Master must write a commit statement saying: "My mind is clear as I contribute this improvement"

     Friday, 09-Dec-11 21:33:12 UTC
   • John Sullivan

     That sounds to me like mistaking the finger pointing at the moon for the moon itself.

     Friday, 09-Dec-11 22:12:53 UTC
   • lxoliva

     @bkuhn heh. all Linux-libre commit messages would then be “[censored] Linus [censored]” :-D

     Sunday, 11-Dec-11 06:18:57 UTC