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Re: git commit notation
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Eric Abrahamsen |
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Re: git commit notation |
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Tue, 24 Jul 2018 16:49:18 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>> Is there some special git commit notation for commits that only change
>> comments or docstrings? I ask because I've seen some commit notices that
>> start with the ";" comment character, and I can't tell if those are
>> merge commits, or "no code change" commits.
>
> Starting with "; " means that it's an unimportant commit whose commit
> message won't be copied into ChangeLog.whatever.
Aha!
>> I'm wondering if there are some such commits that don't trigger
>> testing/new builds, or something like that.
>
> Not as far as I know, no.
Got it, thank you for the explanation.
Eric