Re: Deriving release notes from git commit messages

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Deriving release notes from git commit messages
Date: 2011-07-03 11:16:33
Message-ID: 20110703111633.GA9600@svana.org
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On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 03:45:03PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> > There are git notes which you can attach to a commit after the fact... I like
> > the fact that they would keep the information in the repository (where they
> > seem to belong).
>
> Yeah, but I think it's still basically append-only, which is kind of a
> nuisance, and it means they can only be updated by committers, which
> is not particularly helpful from my point of view.

The documentation says:

"This command allows you to add/remove notes to/from objects, without
changing the objects themselves."

So it doesn't appear append only. I think the idea is that every object
can have one note. How that works with versioning I have no idea.

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
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> when hate for people other than your own comes first.
> - Charles de Gaulle

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