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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:19:29 +0100, "Peter Crowther" <Peter.Crowther at melandra.com> wrote: >> From: PhuongMai T. Nguyen [mailto:phuongmai_98 at yahoo.com] >> How to I enforce user to enter a log message when they >> commit a change? > >Beat them over the head with the procedures manual if they don't. In my >experience, a technological 'solution' to this problem will merely end >up with lots of 'qqq' log messages being entered. Use a human solution >instead, to motivate them to enter a message. > For an example. We enforced a commit message and issue number, and still to this day we get messages that say 'Issue number: 1 - stuff'. It's possible to enforce (using verifymsg) but really not worth it. Tony