commit message validation, or template commit form?

[Steve Borho]

On Tuesday 19 December 2006 3:11 pm, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 01:57:45PM -0600, Steve Borho wrote:
> > Support for a commit message template is now on the qct tip.
> >
> > == ~/.hgrc ==
> > [ui]
> > commit.template = /home/user/.commitLogTempl.txt
> >
> > I thought about putting this in a [qct] section, but then decided
> > that other commit tools/scripts may want to support this in the
> > future. [ui] seemed the most appropriate place for it.
>
> <grumble>.
>
> Let me just point out that having your template in ~ is a bit silly.
> Because the template is likely to change per project, it ought to be
> in the project root instead.
>
> It'd be better to make up a sensible default place to find the file
> (like `hg root`/.commit.template).

It will likely be the same template for most of your projects, but the 
repo root at least gives you some flexibility.  I agree it's a better 
default location.

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