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authorJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-07-19 11:56:52 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-07-19 11:57:50 -0400
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diff --git a/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_add__47__edit_pages.mdwn b/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_add__47__edit_pages.mdwn
index 0e9d61398..c7438feb6 100644
--- a/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_add__47__edit_pages.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_add__47__edit_pages.mdwn
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ I modeled the message on `rename.pm`, which used a lowercase initial letter and
Diff follows. --[[Daniel Andersson]]
+> This is somewhat intentional. It's pretty usual for changes to be made
+> to a wiki without bothering to say what changed; the change speaks for
+> itself and it would just be clutter to mention what file was changed,
+> since any reasonable interface will show the filename, or a link,
+> or some summary of what files were affected when showing a change.
+>
+> Also your patch stomps over any commit message that the user *does*
+> provide, so certianly cannot be applied as-is. --[[Joey]]
+
[[!tag patch]]
---
diff --git a/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_removing_pages.mdwn b/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_removing_pages.mdwn
index f000878b7..8b1dd74a7 100644
--- a/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_removing_pages.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_removing_pages.mdwn
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ As [[Add instructive commit messages for add _47_ edit pages]], but for `remove.
I use a `join()` since it at least looks like the plugin is able to remove several pages at once (`foreach` looping over file parameters), thus holding multiple entries in `@pages`. I haven't seen this happen, though.
+> I feel that anything that shows a change should show what files were
+> changed (at least as an easily accessible option), so mentioning
+> filenames in commits is almost always clutter.
+>
+> It could be argued that there should be no message at all here, unless
+> the user provides one (which they currently cannot), as is done when
+> adding files. But the entire removal of a page from a wiki is a fairly
+> unusual circumstance that is probably best highlighted as such in
+> recentchanges. --[[Joey]]
+
Diff follows. --[[Daniel Andersson]]
[[!tag patch]]