From: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
To: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>, git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] doc: revert: add discussion
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:50:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <owly8raih8ho.fsf@fine.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230809171531.2564807-2-oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de> writes:
> while thinking about what to write, i came up with an idea for another
> improvement: with (implicit) --edit, the template message would end up
> being:
>
> This reverts commit <sha1>,
> because <PUT REASON HERE>.
This sounds great to me.
Nit: the "doc: revert: add discussion" subject line should probably be more
like "revert doc: suggest adding the 'why' behind reverts".
> ---
> Documentation/git-revert.txt | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
> index d2e10d3dce..2b52dc89a8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
> @@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ EXAMPLES
> changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the
> index.
>
> +DISCUSSION
> +----------
> +
> +While git creates a basic commit message automatically, you really
> +should not leave it at that. In particular, it is _strongly_
> +recommended to explain why the original commit is being reverted.
> +Repeatedly reverting reversions yields increasingly unwieldy
> +commit subjects; latest when you arrive at 'Reapply "Reapply
> +"<original subject>""' you should get creative.
The word "latest" here sounds odd. Ditto for "get creative". How about
the following rewording?
While git creates a basic commit message automatically, it is
_strongly_ recommended to explain why the original commit is being
reverted. In addition, repeatedly reverting the same commit will
result in increasingly unwieldy subject lines, for example 'Reapply
"Reapply "<original subject>""'. Please consider rewording such
subject lines to reflect the reason why the original commit is being
reapplied again.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-10 21:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-28 8:35 [PATCH v2] sequencer: beautify subject of reverts of reverts Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-04-28 18:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-28 19:11 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-05-01 16:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-01 19:10 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-05-01 19:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-05 17:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-17 9:05 ` Phillip Wood
2023-05-17 10:00 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-05-17 11:20 ` Phillip Wood
2023-05-17 17:02 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-05-18 9:58 ` Phillip Wood
2023-05-18 16:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-28 5:26 ` Linus Arver
2023-07-28 9:45 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-07-28 15:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-28 15:37 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-07-28 16:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-28 16:47 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-07-28 17:36 ` Linus Arver
2023-08-09 17:15 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] " Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-09 17:15 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] doc: revert: add discussion Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-10 21:50 ` Linus Arver [this message]
2023-08-10 22:00 ` Linus Arver
2023-08-11 15:10 ` Phillip Wood
2023-08-12 6:25 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-13 22:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-14 14:13 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-11 12:49 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-11 23:00 ` Linus Arver
2023-08-12 7:19 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-09-07 21:29 ` Linus Arver
2023-08-11 15:08 ` Phillip Wood
2023-08-11 17:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-11 17:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-11 17:44 ` Re* " Junio C Hamano
2023-08-11 17:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-11 17:56 ` rsbecker
2023-08-11 18:16 ` Eric Sunshine
2023-08-11 18:16 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-11 19:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-11 15:05 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] sequencer: beautify subject of reverts of reverts Phillip Wood
2023-08-11 16:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-11 17:13 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-21 17:07 ` [PATCH v4 " Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-21 17:07 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] git-revert.txt: add discussion Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-08-21 18:32 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] sequencer: beautify subject of reverts of reverts Junio C Hamano
2023-08-23 20:08 ` Taylor Blau
2023-08-23 21:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-24 6:14 ` Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-09-02 7:20 ` [PATCH v5] " Oswald Buddenhagen
2023-09-02 22:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-09-11 20:12 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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