[cvsnt] How to enforce user to enter log message

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Wed Apr 14 16:26:35 BST 2004


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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:19:29 +0100, "Peter Crowther"
<Peter.Crowther at melandra.com> wrote:

>> From: PhuongMai T. Nguyen [mailto:phuongmai_98 at yahoo.com] 
>> How to I enforce user to enter a  log message when they 
>> commit a change?
>
>Beat them over the head with the procedures manual if they don't.  In my
>experience, a technological 'solution' to this problem will merely end
>up with lots of 'qqq' log messages being entered.  Use a human solution
>instead, to motivate them to enter a message.
>
For an example.  We enforced a commit message and issue number, and
still to this day we get messages that say 'Issue number: 1 - stuff'.

It's possible to enforce (using verifymsg) but really not worth it.

Tony




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