no support for description template for changelist

[tarek-vader]

we have a fixed template for a changelist description in in our perforce server, the plugin seems to override this template descrption, which is annoying.
i am getting this server error withtout the template
EnforceMinimalStandardCLDescription' validation failed
is it a bug or missing feature?? is there a way to have a template for each change list?

[mjcrouch]

What are you doing in the extension when the errors appear? Submitting a change / creating a changelist?

It sounds like you have some kind of form-out trigger on perforce that writes some stuff in the description, then the format of the description is validated when a changelist is saved / submitted?

So you would have to enter the changelist description in the same format as the template - If the template is multi-line, this means that's only possible in the source control view "Message" box, and only by doing it manually. If multi-lines are required then it wouldn't work from other locations such as when submitting the default changelist directly, (because the quick input api only allows a single line)

If I'm right - it could probably be partially supported - probably a setting could be added to enable a mode where the "Message" box is pre-populated with with the template by reading it out the default changespec - (this still wouldn't help for multi-line templates in other places though)

p.s. I currently maintain a fork of this extension - this may be merged back in soon