[Monotone-devel] Monotone Commit Template

[Pablo Delgado]

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Hi Everyone,

Someone recommended that I started working on something that I feel
bothers me or I need. Well, one of thing I miss is the commit
templating capability that cvs has. This feature allows the repository
manager or project leader to establish the basic structure of the
commit message that they wish to use for their project. This helps
obvioudly review the log information so that it is not just a long list
of changes. Instead it provides additional useful information, and it
would provide a way to create templates that would allow for easy
parsing, for integrating with other systems.

Example:

PR Number:
Submitted By:
Reviewed By:
Approved By:
Description:

MTN: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
MTN: Please fill out this commit message.
MTN: 
MTN: Enter a description of this change.
MTN: Lines beginning with `MTN:' are removed automatically.
MTN:
MTN: Current branch: head
MTN: Changes against parent 7d72b4f63082eab237b029d0ff1980f0be374f7a
MTN:   patched  main.cpp
MTN: ----------------------------------------------------------------------


1) What does everyone think of this idea?
2) Should a template file be stored in _MTN maybe call template?
3) Should the template be stored in the DB, so that all developers that
work on a specific project gets the wanted template when performing a
commit?


Regards,
Pablo