Comment 3 for bug 185224

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Ian Clatworthy (ian-clatworthy) wrote : Re: [Bug 185224] Re: per-file message support into server: common config check {patch}

Lukáš Lalinský wrote:
> I can't speak for bzr core, but I'd rather not have this functionality
> in QBzr. I believe it unnecessarily fractions the information that makes
> sense only as a whole (because is an atomic operation and applies to
> _all_ files), making it harder to search/display/etc. commit messages
> and I personally don't see any benefit.

Some development groups want this feature because it allows them to
optionally provide *additional* information on a per file basis.
Per-file commit messages shouldn't replace the overall commit message,
just complement it.

Ian C.