Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 20.01.2010 21:10: >> Joey Hess <joey@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Do you think it makes sense for even git log --format=format:%s to be >>> porcelain and potentially change when new features are used? >> >> If the series changed the meaning of "%s" format to mean "the subject of >> the commit and notes information", with or without documenting it, then it >> is just a bug we would like to fix. > > No, but outputting the note as part of the log is the standard. So for > example, when you do a format-patch | apply cycle, format-patch will > insert the note as part of the commit message, and apply will *store* > the note text (including Note:\n) as part of the commit message of the > new commit. Thanks; that was the kind of breakage report I was looking for (and wished to have heard a lot earlier). Personally I find it is unexcusable that format-patch defaults to giving notes. > So, I would say the notes feature is not that well integrated right now, No question about it. > I'm not complaining, I actually have this on a maybe-to-do list, but the > way the series went kept me from investing time. Hmm, that hints there is a failure in the review and merge process. Care to explain how we could have done better please? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html