Re: Next release

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:20:10 +0100
Frank Terbeck <ft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, ChangeLog conversion could be automated from the output of "git
> log". A one line approach might be as "easy" as this:
> 
>  git --no-pager log --format="%ai %aN %n%n%x09* %s%d%n" $(git describe --abbrev=0)..
> 
> ...which would make for a nice alias in ~/.gitconfig. But the result
> could be better. And people have done better. That's not rocket science.
> Either we use an existing script from someone else, or we cook up one of
> our own.

I think when we can get to the point where I can type
"Util/changelog.sh", or whatever, and recreate the ChangeLog since the
last release, or the release label/change specified as an argument, I
will be entirely happy.  However, that's a prerequisite, rather than a
reason, for abandoning it.

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Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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