[Gimp-docs] FYI: checkin messages

[Roman Joost]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 03:42:25PM +0200, Axel Wernicke wrote:
> > > 1) update local repo: cvs up 
> > > 2) do some modifications on files: emacs src/gimp.xml
> > > 3) update Changelog: emacs Changelog
> > > 4) commit: cvs commit -m "Updated XX translation"
> > > 
> > > What is wrong?
> > Point 4. Use your Changelog entry for the commit message. You may also
> > want to have a look at one of the files (e.g cvs log gimp.xml)
> 
> I do not have a Changelog entry at this point. The change log entry is
> generated from the log that is generated when commiting the files !?!
> It does not make sense to describe the changes in a.xml AND b.xml in
> the commit message from a.xml. Does it?
Hm.. no...

Let me try to explain it again. 

You don't checkin every file which you have changed for itself.  You
check in all your changes together. To document what has changed, you
create before you're checking in your changes a ChangeLog entry. After
you created the ChangeLog entry, you checkin your changes. 

At this point you can provide a message via the -m option or an editor
pops up (at least thats the usual procedure I get). For this checkin
message you use your last ChangeLog entry.

So, don't checkin every single file. Checkin all your changes and use
the last ChangeLog entry for this.

Greetings,
-- 
Roman Joost
www: http://www.romanofski.de
email: romanofski at gimp.org
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