[patch #5990] commitinfo %m format character - log message

[Yaron Yogev]

URL:
  <http://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?5990>

                 Summary: commitinfo %m format character - log message
                 Project: Concurrent Versions System
            Submitted by: yyogev
            Submitted on: Monday 06/04/2007 at 08:19
                Category: Feature (patch attached)
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
           Fixed Release: None
   Fixed Feature Release: None

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Details:

this patch adds a new %m format character to the commitinfo trigger to
provide the log message in escaped format.

what for ?
in order to enable selection of different validation behavior (e.g. bypassing
of validation in special cases), using the same commitinfo setup and the same
filter.

use case:
- I have hundreds of CSV files stored in CVS, saving users data.
- I want to make a wholesale change of format to these files.
- I have already made the change to the files, ran my own checks to verify
the format before committing, and now I want to commit it.
- the usual validation checks will take a very long time for this kind of
commit, so I would like to skip them. However, I do not want to mess with the
commitinfo file as other people continue their work on other files and I would
like validation to be performed as usual for what they commit.
- in my log message, I will signal that validation is to be skipped using
some keyword that the filter will recognize. example message:
  change to new format
  OPTION: SKIP_VALIDATION


as I have found, users sometimes include quotes inside their log messages.
e.g.
"new splash screen for 'killer feature' demo"
however, shell_escape() had a bug which caused quotes and double quotes to be
treated as the same.
to fix this, a fix in src/run.c to function shell_escape() is included. this
will handle the case of quotes inside quotes.



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Date: Monday 06/04/2007 at 08:19  Name: patch_cvs_commitinfo_log_message.diff
 Size: 6kB   By: yyogev

<http://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/download.php?file_id=12943>

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