commit IDs in changelog messsages

martin f krafft madduck at debian.org
Sat Nov 15 07:35:53 UTC 2008


also sprach Manoj Srivastava <srivasta at acm.org> [2008.11.14.0719 +0100]:
>   f) edit ./debian/changelog, adding in any additional language. I
>      generally keep my commit messages and changlog entries distinct,
>      since commit messages explain the code changes to a developer, and
>      changelogs are geared towards the end user.

This is why Git allows you to write essays in addition to the short
commit summary, which should always be geared to everyone.

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