From: Denys Duchier <Denys.Duchier@ps.uni-sb.de>
Subject: Re: *** empty log message *** is a no-no
Date: 17 Nov 1999 13:42:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <is3du52srx.fsf@talo.ps.uni-sb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Steinar Bang's message of "17 Nov 1999 09:02:17 +0100"
Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no> writes:
> > Well, it ought to be possible to write a command that shows the last
> > ChangeLog entries for the current file...
>
> Yes. But I use CVS for completely different source code where I don't
> wish to have it look for a ChangeLog, because there isn't one.
`C-x v a' will create a ChangeLog file for you from the cvs log
entries. There is no reason to _maintain_ a ChangeLog file,
especially since it contains less precise information than the cvs log
(e.g. time stamps).
Cheers,
--
Dr. Denys Duchier Denys.Duchier@ps.uni-sb.de
Forschungsbereich Programmiersysteme (Programming Systems Lab)
Universitaet des Saarlandes, Geb. 45 http://www.ps.uni-sb.de/~duchier
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-11-17 12:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-12 10:57 Steinar Bang
1999-11-12 12:00 ` Denys Duchier
1999-11-12 12:13 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-11-12 12:19 ` Steinar Bang
1999-11-12 12:33 ` William M. Perry
1999-11-12 12:51 ` Steinar Bang
1999-11-12 12:25 ` Kai Großjohann
1999-11-12 13:33 ` David Kågedal
1999-11-12 14:28 ` Alexandre Oliva
1999-11-12 18:23 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-11-12 20:04 ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-11-15 7:39 ` Steinar Bang
1999-11-15 8:39 ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-11-15 10:02 ` Steinar Bang
1999-11-15 16:32 ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-11-16 8:51 ` Steinar Bang
1999-11-16 16:05 ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-11-17 8:02 ` Steinar Bang
1999-11-17 12:42 ` Denys Duchier [this message]
1999-11-17 14:38 ` Kai Großjohann
1999-11-17 13:35 ` Jan Vroonhof
1999-11-17 14:39 ` Jan Vroonhof
[not found] ` <whg0y8430s.fsf@viffe <byemdpi3na.fsf@urysohn.math.ethz.ch>
1999-11-17 16:06 ` Denys Duchier
[not found] ` <whg0y8430s.fsf@viffe <byogctgs0h.fsf@urysohn.math.ethz.ch>
1999-11-17 14:17 ` Denys Duchier
1999-11-17 21:37 ` Russ Allbery
1999-11-17 19:20 ` Lee Cantey
1999-11-17 20:47 ` Jan Vroonhof
1999-11-18 12:55 ` Jan Vroonhof
[not found] ` <whg0y8430s.fsf@viffe <byr9hoq7qk.fsf@bolzano.math.ethz.ch>
1999-11-18 22:36 ` Russ Allbery
1999-11-16 2:20 ` Alexandre Oliva
1999-11-16 16:56 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-11-16 18:13 ` Lee Cantey
1999-11-16 19:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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