[ckan-dev] git branching

Fri Jan 6 12:00:47 UTC 2012

On 12/21/2011 01:19 PM, David Read wrote:
> So, I'd like to propose that every commit includes the ticket number
> in the comment, even when on a branch.
> e.g.
> [1502] Finished tests and added doc
>
> What do people think?

I think we should use #xxx to reference tickets, it's less characters 
than [xxx] and GitHub automatically recognises #xxx and does fancy stuff 
like hyperlinks it to the ticket, and puts a link to the commit in the 
comments on the ticket page as well (or it would if we were using GitHub 
Issues).

It's already fairly challenging to summarise some commits in under 50 
characters for the first line of a git commit message, so I suggest we 
do just ticket numbers and not other stuff.

P.S. GitHub also recognises strings like "closes #345" in commit 
messages and automatically closes the referenced issue. (Apparently it 
also recognises: Closes, closed, fixes, Fixes, fixed, Fixed.)

See under Commits + Issues on this page:

https://github.com/blog/831-issues-2-0-the-next-generation