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http://christian.amsuess.com/chrysn 2011-08-12 13:09:11 +00:00 committed by admin
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as of git-annex version 3.20110719, all git-annex commits only contain the word "update" as a commit message. given that the contents of the commit are pretty non-descriptive (SHA1 hashes for file names, uuids for repository names), i suggest to have more descriptive commit messages, as shown here:
/mnt/usb_disk/photos/2011$ git annex get
/mnt/usb_disk/photos/2011$ git show git-annex
[...]
usb-disk-photos: get 2011
* 10 files retrieved from 2 sources (9 from local-harddisk, 1 from my-server)
* 120 files were already present
* 2 files could not be retrieved
/mnt/usb_disk/photos/2011$ cd ~/photos/2011/07
~/photos/2011/07$ git copy --to my-server
~/photos/2011/07$ git show git-annex
[...]
local-harddisk: copy 2011/07 to my-server
* 20 files pushed
~/photos/2011/07$
in my opinion, the messages should at least contain
* what command was used
* in which repository they were executed
* which files or directories they affected (not necessarily all files, but what was given on command line or implicitly from the working directory)
--[[chrysn]]