[Python-Dev] GH-NNNN vs #NNNN in merge commit

[Brett Cannon]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 at 17:33 Eric V. Smith <eric at trueblade.com> wrote:

> On 1/25/2018 8:13 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> > On 1/25/2018 7:47 PM, Mariatta Wijaya wrote:
> >> I think we're starting to deviate from the original topic here which
> >> is: please replace # with GH- when you click Squash & Merge button.
> >
> > I will try to remember to do this, although it seems pointless if most
> > people do not.
>

Just because people are forgetting doesn't mean we shouldn't try to change
people's habits for the better. If it continues to be an issue then we can
talk about not caring, but for now we should try and spare us future pain
like we have had with e.g. issue numbers across various issue trackers
where you don't know which tracker a number is pointing you towards.

And since you have brought it up a couple of times, Terry, we can't
automate this reformatting if you press the Merge button, hence the
suggestion of a bot to do the final commit.


>
> I sometimes forget, too.
>
> Since changing this in the github workflow seems hard, how about sending
> an email to the committer after the commit if this mistake is detected?
> I know that in my case, if I were reminded a few times, I would be
> better at doing it correctly in the future.
>

https://github.com/python/bedevere/issues/14

Patches welcome :)

-Brett
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