[darcs-users] Editing the long comment

[David Roundy]

On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 03:13:34PM +0200, Erik Schnetter wrote:
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> When darcs last asked me to add a long comment, my editor opened a 
> window that contained the four lines
> 
> Use documentclass report instead of book
> ***DARCS***
> 
> M ./darcs.lhs -1 +1
> 
> Darcs didn't use to do this.  What do these lines mean?  (The first line 
> is my patch description.)  Would it be possible to put a comment into 
> this text, explaining what is there and what I should change?  For 
> example, do I have to leave the description there, or should I change 
> it?  Darcs should, of course, ignore this comment later.

Darcs ignores the ***DARCS*** and everything after it (which is a summary
of what you've changed.

The first line gives you an opportunity to edit the patch name, if you
like.  Adding a bit of documentation here does sound like a good idea.
Would you like to do this?
-- 
David Roundy
http://www.abridgegame.org