From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23439 invoked by alias); 10 Dec 2011 19:47:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 29988 Received: (qmail 26702 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2011 19:46:59 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Received-SPF: neutral (ns1.primenet.com.au: 74.125.82.41 is neither permitted nor denied by SPF record at ntlworld.com) X-ProxyUser-IP: 86.6.29.42 Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:46:48 +0000 From: Peter Stephenson To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: Next release Message-ID: <20111210194648.2ce77de2@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <877h24xmhh.fsf@ft.bewatermyfriend.org> References: <20111209141117.52c1e37a@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> <87iplpzfr0.fsf@ft.bewatermyfriend.org> <20111210171956.32b37a06@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> <877h24xmhh.fsf@ft.bewatermyfriend.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.7; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:20:10 +0100 Frank Terbeck 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. -- Peter Stephenson Web page now at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/p.w.stephenson/