From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2002 invoked by alias); 25 Jan 2012 00:37:08 -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: 30123 Received: (qmail 11704 invoked from network); 25 Jan 2012 00:36:56 -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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at bewatermyfriend.org does not designate permitted sender hosts) From: Frank Terbeck To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: ChangeLog generation In-Reply-To: <20120124190616.44ae8cc0@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> (Peter Stephenson's message of "Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:06:16 +0000") References: <20111209141117.52c1e37a@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> <87iplpzfr0.fsf@ft.bewatermyfriend.org> <20111210171956.32b37a06@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> <877h24xmhh.fsf@ft.bewatermyfriend.org> <20111210194648.2ce77de2@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> <87r4yps14w.fsf@ft.bewatermyfriend.org> <20120124190616.44ae8cc0@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.91 (gnu/linux) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:26:49 +0100 Message-ID: <8739b4hbjq.fsf@ft.bewatermyfriend.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Df-Sender: [pbs]NDMwNDQ0 Peter Stephenson wrote: [...] > We still need some way of associating the mailing list posting with the > change set, which is a bit of a puzzle since you are likely to commit it > to your local repository first. It doesn't need to be in comments (I > couldn't see any way of updating them when pushing), it could be in some > other metadata, so there may well be some workaround. We're sunk > without it, though, since tracing changes back to the discussion about > it on the mailing list is crucial for working out the intention behind > changes. [...] This sounds like a job for `git-notes'=C2=B9=C2=B2, which is additional dat= a you can stick to an object (like a commit) without changing the object itself (leaving the hash-sums of the history intact). My experience with them is limited, but that shouldn't be the biggest problem. ;) Regards, Frank =C2=B9 =C2=B2