Re: Using VC for change descriptions

[Rical Jasan]

On 01/02/2018 11:21 PM, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> Diffs in no way provide the same easy to read, and process information
> that a ChangeLog entry does.

"In no way" is a little extreme; some diffs can be quite clear.

>    ChangeLog format effectively doubles the time required to implement 
>    certain kinds of changes - first you have to make the change (some logical 
>    change involving many repetitive edits to many entities), then repeat the 
>    description for each individual edit in a way that's often more verbose 
>    than the diffs themselves.  
> 
> You overexagerate the amount of time it takes, it definitly does not
> double it, it takes only a few seconds for a small change, and tops
> half a minute for a large one like the one you provided as an example.

I've easily spent as much time on some of my commit messages as the
patch itself.  Now, that's not always attributable to having to write a
list of affected files and entities, but it can incur a time-consuming
pass to make sure everything is present and accounted for.

Rical