ChangeLog love

[Derek Atkins]

Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> writes:

>> I wonder if there is any way we could get gitolite to enforce the
>> process/standards we create?
>
>>
>
> We can't enforce everything, but I believe it's at least possible to enforce
> the format of the commit message we want. Each commit is passed through our
> commit hooks on the server. In these commit hooks we can define the basic
> requirements for our commit messages so they become useful for later automatic
> processing later on.
>
> We can gradually improve on this based on real experience.

Can the format be enforced differently based on the branch?  For
example, is it possible to always require a "merge" or something for
certain branches?  Of course this will depend on the workflow we decide
to enforce, but it would be nice to have the tools help enforce our
workflow.

> Geert

-derek

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