Yes same here I personally don't use the git log much but I am fine with
title + description if it is beneficial for others

Joris Van den Bossche <jorisvandenboss...@gmail.com> schrieb am Di., 31.
Jan. 2023, 22:28:

> And to be explicit, as mentioned in my original post, I am fine with
> both, so +1 on title + description
>
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 at 21:53, Matthew Topol
> <m...@voltrondata.com.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > (non-binding)  I am also +1 for title + description....
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:17 AM Neal Richardson <
> > neal.p.richard...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > +1, with or without description
> > >
> > > Neal
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:04 AM Weston Pace <weston.p...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > +1 to both.  This only applies to the merge button and, in that
> case, the
> > > > committer has a chance to review the message before merging.  So if
> there
> > > > is garbage in the description hopefully they can catch this here and
> > > adjust
> > > > it or ask for a cleanup of the description.
> > > >
> > > > Also, it seems we're trying to be more "conventional"[1] with things
> like
> > > > BREAKING CHANGE in the description.  If we want to go that route the
> > > > description is necessary.
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023, 5:49 AM David Li <lidav...@apache.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I am also +1 for title + description.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023, at 05:16, Felipe Oliveira Carvalho wrote:
> > > > > > +1 for "pull request title *and* description".
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Being able to read descriptions without leaving the editor is
> handy.
> > > > > > Keeping that information tracked in the repo means we don’t
> depend on
> > > > > > GitHub to reconstruct the history of the project.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 at 06:43 Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> +1 for "pull request title *and* description".
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> I'd rather have the description recorded in git than have to
> look
> > > up a
> > > > > >> PR to get more explanations. Also, we don't know what Github
> will
> > > have
> > > > > >> become in 10 years.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Le 31/01/2023 à 09:53, Joris Van den Bossche a écrit :
> > > > > >> > I would personally prefer to use just "Pull request title"
> instead
> > > > of
> > > > > >> > "Pull request title and description".
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > In my experience, including the description in the commit
> message
> > > > (as
> > > > > >> > we already do) more often gives noise to the output of `git
> log`,
> > > > and
> > > > > >> > you can always go from the commit to the PR to see the full
> > > context.
> > > > > >> > In many cases, the description is quite verbose or contain
> long
> > > > > >> > examples, or might be outdated (written when the PR was
> opened,
> > > but
> > > > > >> > the PR might have changed along the review process), ...
> > > Especially
> > > > > >> > now that we have the github PR template with sections, they
> might
> > > > > >> > become even more verbose.
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > Personally, when opening a PR myself, I often leave the top
> post
> > > > > >> > empty, to add a second comment with more explanation, exactly
> to
> > > > avoid
> > > > > >> > including that in the commit message if that doesn't seem
> useful
> > > to
> > > > > >> > me.
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > Anyway, I am certainly OK with both options if the general
> > > consensus
> > > > > >> > is for "Pull request title and description" (and certainly if
> that
> > > > > >> > enables actually using the merge button), but just stating my
> > > > personal
> > > > > >> > preference.
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 at 09:33, Raúl Cumplido <
> > > raulcumpl...@gmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > > >> wrote:
> > > > > >> >>
> > > > > >> >> +1
> > > > > >> >> We already do it on the merge script and we have already
> changed
> > > it
> > > > > on
> > > > > >> the
> > > > > >> >> `arrow-site` repo.
> > > > > >> >>
> > > > > >> >> El mar, 31 ene 2023 a las 9:13, Sutou Kouhei (<
> > > k...@clear-code.com
> > > > >)
> > > > > >> >> escribió:
> > > > > >> >>
> > > > > >> >>> Hi,
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >> >>> We need to get consensus to change the default commit
> > > > > >> >>> message for merge button:
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >> >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-24133
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >> >>>> Could you change the default commit message when merging a
> > > > > >> >>>> PR to "Default to pull request title and description" on
> > > > > >> >>>> the following Apache Arrow related repositories?
> > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > >> >>>> * https://github.com/apache/arrow
> > > > > >> >>>> * https://github.com/apache/arrow-adbc
> > > > > >> >>>> * https://github.com/apache/arrow-cookbook
> > > > > >> >>>> * https://github.com/apache/arrow-flight-sql-postgresql
> > > > > >> >>>> * https://github.com/apache/arrow-julia
> > > > > >> >>>> * https://github.com/apache/arrow-nanoarrow
> > > > > >> >>>> * https://github.com/apache/arrow-testing
> > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > >> >>>> See also:
> > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> https://github.blog/changelog/2022-08-23-new-options-for-controlling-the-default-commit-message-when-merging-a-pull-request/
> > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > >> >>>> Related: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-24122
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-24133#comment-17682383
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >> >>>> Please provide a mailing list link to project consensus on
> this
> > > > > >> change.
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >> >>> How about changing the default commit message for merge
> > > > > >> >>> button to "Default to pull request title and description"
> > > > > >> >>> like our dev/merge_arrow_pr.py in apache/arrow does?
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >> >>> Note that this doesn't mean that we drop
> > > > > >> >>> dev/merge_arrow_pr.py immediately. It's a separated
> > > > > >> >>> discussion.
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >> >>> Thanks,
> > > > > >> >>> --
> > > > > >> >>> kou
> > > > > >> >>>
> > > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
>

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