Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r106712: * progmodes/cfengine.el: Add CFEngine 3.x syntax highlighting and support.

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:10:06 -0500 Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> wrote: 

TZ> On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:47:58 -0500 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 
>>> Sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't do it properly.  I'll do better next
>>> time.  Can I edit the commit message after the push?  Or did you already
>>> do it?

SM> No, you can't edit the commit message.  But you can edit the ChangeLog
SM> file.

TZ> OK, here's a revised version.  Do you want me to also list all the
TZ> variables I renamed?  I hope it's OK.

TZ>     * progmodes/cfengine.el: Add Version.  Improve CFEngine 3.x syntax
TZ>     highlighting and support.  Rename variables specific to
TZ>     `cfengine2-mode' from cfengine-* to cfengine2-*.
TZ>     (cfengine3-mode): Change the modeline indicator to "CFE3".
TZ>     (cfengine2-mode): Rename from `cfengine-mode'.  Change the
TZ>     modeline indicator to "CFE2".
TZ>     (cfengine-mode): Defalias to `cfengine-auto-mode'.
TZ>     (cfengine-mode-abbrevs): Mark obsolete.

TZ> Again, sorry for the bad message, it was a bad oversight on my part.

In this context I was thinking that maybe it makes sense to allow
committers to revise a commit message.  I don't mean the original
message, but rather some format like

"(revise 106712) new-commit-message-line-1
rest-of-new-commit-message"

so automated tools can build the ChangeLog from the commit messages,
even if the original commit messages are faulty.  Otherwise we're stuck
with bad immutable commit messages if any committer makes a mistake like
I did.

Ted