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Re: [PATCH] limit commit message to 500 lines (was: Please, do not use the merged revisions log as the commit message when merging)

From: "Manuel López-Ibáñez" <lopezibanez at gmail dot com>
To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
Cc: "Richard Guenther" <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>, "Gcc Patch List" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "Daniel Berlin" <dberlin at dberlin dot org>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:24:23 +0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH] limit commit message to 500 lines (was: Please, do not use the merged revisions log as the commit message when merging)
References: <6c33472e0808260718v281cff7en1dcc6ec54cdfdcc9@mail.gmail.com> <6dc9ffc80808260806s4cdf623chadd0abf5b99349dc@mail.gmail.com> <84fc9c000808260836y71b1df8av76ce1548be8d6472@mail.gmail.com> <6dc9ffc80808260853i758cfde1g22d53638898950c1@mail.gmail.com>

2008/8/26 H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>:
>
> Shouldn't svnmerge be fixed not to generate such log?

svnmerge generates a file, it does not commit that file as a log for
you. In some other project, that file could be the commit log. However
in GCC's repository, committing that file is a mistake that some
people do sometimes. (Everybody does mistakes sometimes).

Cheers,

Manuel.

References:
- [PATCH] limit commit message to 500 lines (was: Please, do not use the merged revisions log as the commit message when merging)
  - From: Manuel López-Ibáñez
- Re: [PATCH] limit commit message to 500 lines (was: Please, do not use the merged revisions log as the commit message when merging)
  - From: H.J. Lu
- Re: [PATCH] limit commit message to 500 lines (was: Please, do not use the merged revisions log as the commit message when merging)
  - From: Richard Guenther
- Re: [PATCH] limit commit message to 500 lines (was: Please, do not use the merged revisions log as the commit message when merging)
  - From: H.J. Lu

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