On 07/17/2011 08:36 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>
>>> We do need a way to track this information.
>> +1 on everything Josh said.
>>
>> Does git allow for additional commit fields? That would allow for easy tracking without much additional burden on
committers.
> I mean, there's git notes, but that's not exactly what we're looking
> for here, and I don't see how it would easy the burden on committers
> anyway, and it doesn't solve the problem of not being able to change
> things after the fact. I think this is a clear-cut case of needing
> some sort of web application to manage this. I'd even be willing to
> help fill in the relevant info. But I'm not going to write it
> myself...
>
My understanding of git notes is that they can be added after a commit
without changing the commit - indeed that's apparently a large part of
their raison d'être:
A typical use of notes is to supplement a commit message without changing the commit itself. Notes can be shown by
gitlog along with the original commit message.
It is a pity that you can't define extra fields as is suggested above.
cheers
andrew
