From: Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] branch: teach --edit-description option
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:15:20 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH5451nai988=jB8cgFcUaQZWWUyALC-tOSV_jdLX0r_2UfbPw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vty864y24.fsf_-_@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
On 21 September 2011 09:02, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Using branch.$name.description as the configuration key, give users a
> place to write about what the purpose of the branch is and things like
> that, so that various subsystems, e.g. "push -s", "request-pull", and
> "format-patch --cover-letter", can later be taught to use this
> information.
>
> The "-m" option similar to "commit/tag" is deliberately omitted, as the
> whole point of branch description is about giving descriptive information
> (the name of the branch itself is a better place for information that fits
> on a single-line).
I understand your reasoning here, however is there a way to allow
setting the branch description in, for example, a script?
Additionally I can imagine it would be useful to be able to set the
branch description from another tool, what is the recommended way of
doing that? Should tools modify the config directly??
Regards,
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-21 0:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-13 16:45 [Survey] Signed push Junio C Hamano
2011-09-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] State commit name explicitly in request-pull messages Junio C Hamano
2011-09-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] fetch: allow asking for an explicit commit object by name Junio C Hamano
2011-09-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] request-pull: state exact commit object name Junio C Hamano
2011-09-13 23:26 ` [Survey] Signed push Guenter Roeck
2011-09-13 23:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-14 0:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-14 0:31 ` Sam Vilain
2011-09-14 0:39 ` Shawn Pearce
2011-09-14 1:03 ` Sam Vilain
[not found] ` <CA+55aFxAQTR3sT7gekAD4qih8J+z-qwri7ZmNCPUd811xgci6w@mail.gmail.com>
2011-09-14 7:06 ` Fwd: " Linus Torvalds
2011-09-14 10:45 ` Michael Haggerty
2011-09-14 11:03 ` Matthieu Moy
2011-09-14 11:46 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-09-14 12:28 ` Johan Herland
2011-09-14 12:56 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-09-14 15:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-09-14 15:42 ` Matthieu Moy
2011-09-14 16:14 ` Johan Herland
2011-09-14 22:51 ` Philip Oakley
2011-09-14 23:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-09-14 23:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-14 15:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-09-14 17:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-14 18:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-09-14 17:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-14 20:52 ` Sam Vilain
2011-09-16 19:04 ` [PATCH v3] request-pull: state what commit to expect Junio C Hamano
2011-09-20 23:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-20 23:02 ` [PATCH 2/3] branch: teach --edit-description option Junio C Hamano
2011-09-21 0:15 ` Andrew Ardill [this message]
2011-09-21 2:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-20 23:03 ` [PATCH] request-pull: use the branch description Junio C Hamano
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 0/6] A handful of "branch description" patches Junio C Hamano
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 1/6] branch: add read_branch_desc() helper function Junio C Hamano
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 2/6] format-patch: use branch description in cover letter Junio C Hamano
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 3/6] branch: teach --edit-description option Junio C Hamano
2011-09-23 9:00 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-09-23 9:47 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-09-23 19:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-25 5:21 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 4/6] request-pull: modernize style Junio C Hamano
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 5/6] request-pull: state what commit to expect Junio C Hamano
2011-09-22 22:09 ` [PATCH 6/6] request-pull: use the branch description Junio C Hamano
2011-09-23 8:56 ` [PATCH 0/6] A handful of "branch description" patches Michael J Gruber
2011-09-23 20:18 ` Jeff King
2011-09-23 20:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-23 20:53 ` Jeff King
2011-09-24 14:42 ` Michael J Gruber
2011-09-27 21:58 ` Jeff King
2011-09-28 4:23 ` Annotated branch ≈ annotated tag? Michael Haggerty
2011-09-28 7:12 ` Andrew Ardill
2011-09-28 8:04 ` Michael Haggerty
2011-09-28 8:58 ` Branch annotations [Re: Annotated branch ≈ annotated tag?] Michael J Gruber
2011-09-29 6:44 ` Annotated branch ≈ annotated tag? Jeff King
2011-09-14 11:58 ` [Survey] Signed push Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-09-14 21:05 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-09-14 22:42 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-09-15 17:50 ` Jeff King
2011-09-14 19:35 ` Andy Lutomirski
2011-09-14 20:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-14 20:49 ` Andrew Lutomirski
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