[PATCH] graft: new "--graftmessage" option, for better graft documentation

[Yann E. MORIN]

Pierre-Yves, All,

On Saturday 29 December 2012 Pierre-Yves David wrote:
> On 28 déc. 2012, at 16:15, Martin Rieser wrote:
> 
> > # HG changeset patch
> > # User Martin Rieser
> > # Date 1356625537 -3600
> > # Branch stable
> > # Node ID 9f82b5abaa7e56ce561e2c385c4607136a49e838
> > # Parent  777084ac84167e3bdea45b5c00de1106cca36eef
> > graft: new "--graftmessage" option, for better graft documentation.
> > 
> > With this option the person who uses the graft function, can add some
> > additional text to the commit message.
> > With this new graft option it is not required to open an editor to
> > change the commit message.
> 
> What the trouble with opening an editor?
> 
> Why would we need a new command switch.

The same as we have for 'commit':
  -m --message TEXT        use text as commit message

It can be usefull for automated commits.

For example, I auto-commit (via crontab) a few files in my ${HOME} repository
(eg. my user crontab itself, my ~/.bash_history, and so on...), and auto-push
so my repository server has it.

For graft, it can be used by a build-bot to try and test backporting bug
fixes to a stable branch (eg. by looking at keywords in the commit message,
the build-bot may attempt the graft and build it), and if OK, send a mail
for the project leader to pul the new changeset the next morning...

In this case (not suer it's Martin's use-case), it can be usefull to set
the commit message on the command line, as it's all scripted.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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