From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AC981387FD for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:49:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5DF59E0C03; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:49:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5FFECE0BFC for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:49:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hackintosh.gkp-asp.local (unknown [195.254.219.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: bernalex) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 02BA733FD7D for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:49:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Alexander Berntsen To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH 2/3] DEVELOPING: Add note on commits Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:48:39 +0100 Message-Id: <1395924520-9291-3-git-send-email-bernalex@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.2 In-Reply-To: <1395924520-9291-1-git-send-email-bernalex@gentoo.org> References: <1395924520-9291-1-git-send-email-bernalex@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: b93be0dc-604b-4a7f-ab4a-3e7c89cec966 X-Archives-Hash: 293e9a11a0f9ebfae874be3c3b30fe57 --- Boilerplate text, nothing to see here either. DEVELOPING | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/DEVELOPING b/DEVELOPING index 1f5087a..c6004ec 100644 --- a/DEVELOPING +++ b/DEVELOPING @@ -167,6 +167,13 @@ when functions are needed and often unused functions are left in the import line until someone comes along with a linter to clean up (does not happen often). +Commits +------- + +Prefer small commits that change specific things to big commits that +change a lot of unrelated things. This makes it easier to see what +parts of the system have actually changed. It also makes it easier to +cherry-pick and revert commits. Use your commonsense! Releases -------- -- 1.8.3.2