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changeset 16207:6b7ceb24d0d9
gitlog-to-changelog: describe input syntax in --help output
* build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog (usage) [SPECIAL SYNTAX]: New section.
author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> |
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date | Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:53:06 +0100 |
parents | 5534ceec1676 |
children | b9e251ade13d |
files | ChangeLog build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2012-01-02 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + gitlog-to-changelog: describe input syntax in --help output + * build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog (usage) [SPECIAL SYNTAX]: New section. + gitlog-to-changelog: fix typo in --help: show backslash before email @ * build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog (usage): An "@" was backslash-escaped in sources, but not in actual output.
--- a/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog +++ b/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ if 0; # Convert git log output to ChangeLog format. -my $VERSION = '2012-01-02 09:55'; # UTC +my $VERSION = '2012-01-02 14:48'; # UTC # The definition above must lie within the first 8 lines in order # for the Emacs time-stamp write hook (at end) to update it. # If you change this file with Emacs, please let the write hook @@ -78,6 +78,21 @@ $ME --since=2008-01-01 > ChangeLog $ME -- -n 5 foo > last-5-commits-to-branch-foo +SPECIAL SYNTAX: + +The following types of strings are interpreted specially when they appear +at the beginning of a log message line. They are not copied to the output. + + Copyright-paperwork-exempt: Yes + Append the "(tiny change)" notation to the usual "date name email" + ChangeLog header to mark a change that does not require a copyright + assignment. + Co-authored-by: Joe User <user\@example.com> + List the specified name and email address on a second + ChangeLog header, denoting a co-author. + Signed-off-by: Joe User <user\@example.com> + These lines are simply elided. + In a FILE specified via --amend, comment lines (starting with "#") are ignored. FILE must consist of <SHA,CODE+> pairs where SHA is a 40-byte SHA1 (alone on a line) referring to a commit in the current project, and CODE refers to one