From 201bc1b93915b372b7a71756e64e9091df61b0fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Owen W. Taylor" Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:36:57 -0500 Subject: Add TODO item: Reconsider initial description for 'git bz file' --- TODO | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 1493524..7f9c501 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -6,6 +6,25 @@ any intention of working on it myself. - Owen +Reconsider initial description for 'git bz file' + + Right now, if you have only a single patch, the initial description is the body + of the bug, and the attachment is done without any other comment. (But + still adds a comment to the bug because every attachment has a comment.) + + I often find I want to have a few sentences about why I'm making the + change different than the body of the commit (or ask someone to look at the + patch or something), so I've been adding extra text and a separator, + which leaves it unclear what the stuff after the separator is. + + Better way to handle it: + + - Start off the initial description empty in the editor + - If the user fills it in, use that as the initial description + and the body of the commit as the comment. + - If the user leaves it empty use the body as the initial description + as currently. + Allow editing comment used for attachments When attaching a revised version of a patch, you really want to be -- cgit v1.2.3