Hi! A patch is a change to a file tree. So the name of a patch should describe this change. Sometimes, I see patch names that do exactly this. An example is “version and changelog bump” in the repository of darcs itself. On the other hand, I have never seen patch names like “addition of README file”.
Instead, I often see names like “add README file”. Such names sound strange to me, as they sound like imperatives. For example, you can get the impression that somebody is commanded to add a README file, although the README file has already been added. Another approach is to have names like “added README file”, which does not really describe the patch, but the situation after applying the patch. Then again, there are patch names like “initial version”, which actually describe the file tree after applying the patch. Is there any agreement of how patches should be named and maybe some motivation for this? In my own repositories, I would like to follow a naming convention that is sensible, preferably not too far away from established practices, but first and foremost consistent. It is just that at the moment, I cannot really see a clear common convention. All the best, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
