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[ikiwiki.git] / doc / todo / Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_removing_pages.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_removing_pages.mdwn b/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_removing_pages.mdwn
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--- a/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_removing_pages.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Add_instructive_commit_messages_for_removing_pages.mdwn
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ As [[Add instructive commit messages for add _47_ edit pages]], but for `remove.
 
 I use a `join()` since it at least looks like the plugin is able to remove several pages at once (`foreach` looping over file parameters), thus holding multiple entries in `@pages`. I haven't seen this happen, though.
 
+> I feel that anything that shows a change should show what files were
+> changed (at least as an easily accessible option), so mentioning
+> filenames in commits is almost always clutter.
+> 
+> It could be argued that there should be no message at all here, unless
+> the user provides one (which they currently cannot), as is done when
+> adding files. But the entire removal of a page from a wiki is a fairly
+> unusual circumstance that is probably best highlighted as such in
+> recentchanges. --[[Joey]]
+
 Diff follows. --[[Daniel Andersson]]
 
 [[!tag patch]]