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Show commit notes in bot update nofications

Discussion in 'Client & Site Suggestions' started by Ozzy, Jul 26, 2015.

  1. Ozzy

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    Any chance we could get our commit notes quoted in the update message posted on a bots thread? It would encourage bot authors to write good commit notes as well as notifying users as to what changes have occurred.
     
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  2. Derk

    Derk 12 year old normie

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    100% support. I should shape up on writing half-assed text in the commit notes though. :D
     
  3. skrall

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    Obviously! Saves time and effort since people don't have to ask what changed :D
     
  4. Aria

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    I always write something like "lol" whenever I fuck something up tiny that breaks major functionality of the bot.
     
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  5. Salvation

    Salvation First Bot Author

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    The idea is good, but your reasoning is disgusting.
    You should read up on commit message conventions.
     
  6. Aidden

    Aidden Author of MaxiBots

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    Wouldn't work. What if you commit multiple bots at once? All those bots changelogs would get the full commit message instead of the ones specific to that bot.
     
  7. SlashnHax

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    My commit messages are almost always nonsense xD
     
  8. Salvation

    Salvation First Bot Author

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    Then you're doing it wrong.
     
  9. not_mallard

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    This blog post should be useful to you.
     
  10. Jesse

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    Been asking for this for ages. Would be nice to finally get it.
     
  11. SlashnHax

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    You might say that, and I could understand it being easy for people with a few bots where each commit might be a fix for a single bot, but both @Aidden and I have over 20 bots and when we release fixes/updates it's usually not on single bot per commit basis xD

    I'm not opposed to the suggestion, I think it would work well and after thinking about it, I support it.
     
  12. not_mallard

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    You should make lots of small commits instead of fewer big commits.
     
  13. SlashnHax

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    Mate, in a perfect world I would, the main reason I don't is because it'd be a drag and I don't see the need at the moment. With collab projects where there's other people using the same repo who might need to know what each commit was for I put effort into the messages, but not for my private projects. Also, I don't fix errors methodically, once at a time and then commit, I tend to switch around and fix multiple problems at once, like fix bug 1 in bot 1, fix bug 3 in bot 2, go back to bot 1 and fix another bug, go to bot 2 and make a method more efficient etc. I really cbf atm to make a note of everything I do, especially since this is a hobby xD
     
  14. not_mallard

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    If it works for you, there's no need to change it.
    You should use whatever you like best.
     
  15. SlashnHax

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    Having the commit notes show would be good though, even if they're not specifically for the bots that are updated, worst case scenario they're nonsense messages xD.
     

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