[Feature Request] Override the auto-generated commit messages in env vars

[sjaakvandenberg]

Thanks for the great wiki software! I have a suggestion that would help bring me new commits in line with the old ones after migrating my docs to otterwiki.

Feature: Override the auto-generated commit messages in env vars.

So, for instance:

COMMIT_MESSAGE="CUSTOM_TIMESTAMP"
CUSTOM_TIMESTAMP="%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%Z"

Or, in the case of a custom string:

COMMIT_MESSAGE="CUSTOM_STRING"
CUSTOM_TIMESTAMP="Update wiki"

In these cases, the commit message popup when you make a change should be suppressed.

Related issue: #81

[redimp]

I think it's a good addition to allow a default COMMIT_MESSAGE. Adding timestamp parsing does not do harm, even I never necer understand why people loves dates in commit messages .. there is a timestamp in each commit ;)

[sjaakvandenberg]

Well, if I didn't care about proper commit message for a repo and I could pick between:

1. -/-
2. a random uuid
3. a nonsense message Update wiki
4. a timestamp
5. a more specific message such as Deleted README or Updated README

My tradeoff would be between having to hover or click through the obfuscated relative timestamp that UX designers since 2008 absolutely love (e.g. 2 years ago), or somehow creating consistent messages of actions performed on one or multiple files across wiki UI edits and on the command line.

The timestamp is trivial to get right every time. A timestamp offers some useful information, albeit not much. Perhaps I just like looking at a long list of perfectly formatted and aligned timestamps. 🤤

[crash5]

I like option 5 it makes easier to see what happened when using git log. (in git log you can see the date/timestamp so i don't really understand the benefit putting the time into the commit message)

"-/-" is not the real commit message now in the wiki, it just shown for the empty commit message

[redimp]

Option 5 is my favored option to add, too.

relative timestamp that UX designers since 2008 absolutely love (e.g. 2 years ago)

😂 In my defense, the relative time is only in the title of the date.

Perhaps I just like looking at a long list of perfectly formatted and aligned timestamps. 🤤

But this is what is shown in the Changelog the History and the Blame view ...

@crash5

"-/-" is not the real commit message now in the wiki, it just shown for the empty commit message

I forgot that ... thanks for reminding me.