User configurable "Number of previous messages in commit dialog"

[ulrichb]

See #1571

[jbialobr]

There is already too many entries on "Git Extensions" page. There should be a separate page for settings related to Commit dialog. (see #2048)

[ulrichb]

OK. If you want, I create an own "Commit Dialog" settings section for all the "commit" stuff in the settings window.

Could you provide a list of items, which you want to be moved? Should I do it within this pull request? Moving all commit dialog settings (#2048) should be an own pull request.

[jbialobr]

That would be great. I updated #2048 with details.

Should I do it within this pull request?

As you wish.

[ulrichb]

OK. I rebased my feature branch on the current master and did the necessary changes for this pull request (we have a new commit dialog page including 3 moved settings from GitExtensionsSettingsPage).

[jbialobr]

Great. Could you update the documentation, or raise an Issue to indicate that documentation updates are required as described here

[jbialobr]

Could you use layout manager to position controls?

[ulrichb]

• Created Update the documentation regarding "Commit dialog settings" GitExtensionsDoc#50
• Committed "Updated CommitDialogSettingsPage to use a table layout manager" + rebased on master

Later I will provide an own PR with a rebuilt GitExtensionsSettingsPage using a layout manager.

[jbialobr]

Thanks.
I wonder if it would be better to create a queue of size of CommitDialogNumberOfPreviousMessages. It would allow to share last commit messages between different repositories/branches.
What do you think?

[ulrichb]

I wonder if it would be better to create a queue of size of CommitDialogNumberOfPreviousMessages. It would allow to share last commit messages between different repositories/branches.

For me its more important to have the last few messages of HEAD. But yes, it would be cool to have both, so that the menu looks like:

Your last x messages:
  Message a
  Message b
  Message c
Last y HEAD messages:
  Message a
  Message c
  Message d
--------------------------------
Generate a list of changes in s...

[feinstaub]

it would be cool to have both

+1

[jbialobr]

I like it, when one doesn't want to have one of them he can set x or y to 0.