Gentoo Archives: gentoo-portage-dev

From: Alexander Berntsen <bernalex@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH 2/3] DEVELOPING: Add note on commits
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:49:19
Message-Id: 1395924520-9291-3-git-send-email-bernalex@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH 0/3] Let's standardise commit messages by Alexander Berntsen
1 ---
2 Boilerplate text, nothing to see here either.
3
4 DEVELOPING | 7 +++++++
5 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
6
7 diff --git a/DEVELOPING b/DEVELOPING
8 index 1f5087a..c6004ec 100644
9 --- a/DEVELOPING
10 +++ b/DEVELOPING
11 @@ -167,6 +167,13 @@ when functions are needed and often unused functions are left in the
12 import line until someone comes along with a linter to clean up (does
13 not happen often).
14
15 +Commits
16 +-------
17 +
18 +Prefer small commits that change specific things to big commits that
19 +change a lot of unrelated things. This makes it easier to see what
20 +parts of the system have actually changed. It also makes it easier to
21 +cherry-pick and revert commits. Use your commonsense!
22
23 Releases
24 --------
25 --
26 1.8.3.2

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