Gentoo Archives: gentoo-portage-dev

From: David James <davidjames@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH 2/3] DEVELOPING: Add note on commits
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:20:00
Message-Id: CAGNm6ewjr1rEFmTA2aO9pX9o+MvLUAsxdr3bsnt-6dcaw_Le1g@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH 2/3] DEVELOPING: Add note on commits by Alexander Berntsen
1 On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 5:48 AM, Alexander Berntsen <bernalex@g.o>wrote:
2
3 > ---
4 > Boilerplate text, nothing to see here either.
5 >
6 > DEVELOPING | 7 +++++++
7 > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
8 >
9 > diff --git a/DEVELOPING b/DEVELOPING
10 > index 1f5087a..c6004ec 100644
11 > --- a/DEVELOPING
12 > +++ b/DEVELOPING
13 > @@ -167,6 +167,13 @@ when functions are needed and often unused functions
14 > are left in the
15 > import line until someone comes along with a linter to clean up (does
16 > not happen often).
17 >
18 > +Commits
19 > +-------
20 > +
21 > +Prefer small commits that change specific things to big commits that
22 > +change a lot of unrelated things. This makes it easier to see what
23 > +parts of the system have actually changed. It also makes it easier to
24 > +cherry-pick and revert commits. Use your commonsense!
25 >
26
27 s/commonsense/common sense/, since commonsense is an
28 adjective<http://www.thehindu.com/books/know-your-english/know-your-english-is-common-sense-one-word-or-two/article3675226.ece>and
29 "common sense" is a noun :)

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[gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] DEVELOPING: Add note on commits Alexander Berntsen <bernalex@g.o>