Log Message Template

[Ivan Neeson <in...@gmail.com>]

Is there any way to change the log message template when you run `svn ci'?

For example, at the moment you get:
>
> --This line, and those below, will be ignored--
> A    file_added
> M    file_changes

is it possible to change the wasy it start out to something like:
> Changes:
> Reason:
> etc...
> --This line, and those below, will be ignored--
> A    file_added
> M    file_changes

Thanks in advance
 - Ivan

Re: Log Message Template

[Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>]

On Mar 26, 2006, at 14:25, Ivan Neeson wrote:

> Is there any way to change the log message template when you run  
> `svn ci'?
>
> For example, at the moment you get:
>>
>> --This line, and those below, will be ignored--
>> A    file_added
>> M    file_changes
>
> is it possible to change the wasy it start out to something like:
>> Changes:
>> Reason:
>> etc...
>> --This line, and those below, will be ignored--
>> A    file_added
>> M    file_changes

I just found this today by coincidence, which is a workaround, and  
would only apply to those using the Unix command line:

http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2006-02/0487.shtml

SVN_EDITOR="rm svn-commit.tmp && cp $REPOS/hooks/log.tmpl svn- 
commit.tmp && vi svn-commit.tmp"

I believe TortoiseSVN also has some equivalent of this; you'll have  
to check their documentation or mailing list.


There is already an enhancement request for this issue:

http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1973


In any case, if you want to enforce such a logging template, for now  
you should write a pre-commit hook which rejects commits whose log  
messages do not conform.


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