git commit message conventions

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 06/08/2015 12:01 PM, Stan Shebs wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 06:11:49PM +0200, Ondřej Bílka wrote:
>>> Correct, I just use script to add bug in NEWS and open bugzilla window so that
>>> isn't as much problem. Changelogs are likewise generated most of time, I
>>> dont have script to extract it from mail, does anybody have one?
>>
>> Generated ChangeLogs are easy when the change is mechanical, not so
>> much otherwise.
>>
>>>  As far as I recall discussion only Roland found changelogs useful,
>>> otherwise it was inertia.
>>
>> I am pretty sure there were more supporters than just Roland, although
>> I can't remember who and I don't care enough to search the archives
>> and find out.
>>
>> Siddhesh
> 
> 
> These days, ChangeLogs are not as useful as commit histories for
> things that changed last week or last month, but after a year or two,
> commit histories get convoluted, sometimes too messed up to interpret
> anymore; and after ten years, the ChangeLog is the only record that
> has survived multiple changes of version control system, and the
> accidental destruction of commit history that happened during one of
> the transitions. 1/2 :-)

+1

I still like ChangeLogs, but we need a hybrid workflow.

c.