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Date:      Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:41:56 +0000
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
To:        Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, des@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Meaningless commit messages [was: cvs commit: ports/www/linux-opera Makefile]
Message-ID:  <20011127214156.D32325@tao.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20011127163513.A12400@espresso.q9media.com>; from mike@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 04:35:13PM -0500
References:  <200111271749.fARHnG165639@freefall.freebsd.org> <200111272030.WAA04863@ipcard.iptcom.net> <20011127163513.A12400@espresso.q9media.com>

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On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 04:35:13PM -0500, Mike Barcroft wrote:
>=20
> >From the Committers Guide:
> "Do not waste space in the commit messages explaining what you did.
> That is what cvs diff is for.  Instead, tell us why you did it."
>=20

The "what" is important too, the "how" can be read from the patch, but
the "what" may not be obvious.

Joe

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