[Python-Dev] CVS feature wish ? :) (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@beopen.com
Wed, 02 Aug 2000 09:02:00 -0500

> My fix to the URL accidentally also switched back to the "pre" module. > Undo that!

This kind of thing is one of the reasons I wish 'cvs commit' would give you the entire patch you're about to commit in the log-message-edit screen, as CVS: comments, rather than just the modified files. It would also help with remembering what the patch was supposed to do ;) Is this possible with CVS, other than an 'EDITOR' that does this for you ?

Actually, I have made it a habit to always do a cvs diff before I commit, for exactly this reason. That's why this doesn't happen more often. In this case I specifically remember reviewing the diff and thinking that it was alright, but not scrolling towards the second half of the diff. :(

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)