Re: Git transition checklist

[Rüdiger Sonderfeld]

On Thursday 09 January 2014 08:41:17 Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Rüdiger Sonderfeld <address@hidden>
> > Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 02:48:55 +0100
> > Cc: address@hidden, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> > 
> > On Thursday 09 January 2014 02:36:33 Rüdiger Sonderfeld wrote:
> > >   git commit ...
> > >   git notes add -m 'Fixes: #16389'
> > 
> > Or maybe better
> > 
> >   git notes --ref=fixes add -m '#1234'
> > 
> > That way the bug metadata would be stored in its own note.  Which can be
> > handled and displayed separately (E.g., `git log --show-notes=fixes' or by
> > setting `notes.displayRef').
> 
> If you suggest doing the above by hand, then that won't do the job:
> people will forget and/or use different formats for the text.  We need
> something better, if it's possible.

That's why I like the second form, using a `fixes' ref.  That way the format 
is simple enough that it's harder to screw up.  But as Andreas said, the Notes 
can be edited without changing the commit message or history.

However I just learned that sharing those notes is a bit of a pain.  They are 
apparently not automatically pushed or fetched.  This might need some work or 
some wrapper script.

Regards,
Rüdiger