[gmx-developers] some notes on using redmine

[Szilárd Páll]

The problem is that either we have to assume that _every_ commit (at
least in the master and release branches) is a bugfix or feature --
and therefor it is filed in redmine which IMHO would be a pain to live
with, or it is up to the developers' discipline to remember when to
file a bug report or register a feature in redmine.

I don't think that hooks can address this issue.

--
Szilárd



On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 9:58 PM, David van der Spoel
<spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se> wrote:
> On 2011-01-08 20.36, Teemu Murtola wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 01:56, Mark Abraham<Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I think it would be overkill to require the creation or linking of a
>>> Redmine
>>> issue for every commit, however. Thoughts?
>>
>> Requiring it could indeed be overkill, but we could try to make it a
>> strong recommendation.  This way, Redmine would get much more easily
>> integrated into the workflow, because people would be forced to think
>> about the issue at least a bit.  Adding something like IssueID #NNN at
>> the end of a commit message should be enough (or perhaps configuring
>> Redmine such that it would link commits that start with [#NNN]) in
>> cases where the issue number does not naturally fit into the commit
>> message.
>>
>> Another thing that would be worth thinking about is the formatting of
>> the commit messages.  Many git tools, and it seems that Redmine as
>> well, work somewhat better if commit messages are formatted according
>> to the guidelines put forth in many git tutorials: first a max
>> ~50-char line with a short summary, then an empty line, and then a
>> more detailed description of the commit (many places suggest max 72
>> character lines, and, e.g., gitk works badly with long lines).  If
>> nothing else, this would make the activity page in Redmine more
>> readable.
>>
> It would be great if this kind of thing were not dependent on the memory of
> developers. Many of us (at least I) put in a patch now and then and have a
> hard time remembering such guidelines. Is there a way we can enforce a
> certain format?
>
>
>
>
>> Teemu
>
>
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