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Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages

From: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
To: Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 02 Dec 2007 19:30:17 -0500
Subject: Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages
References: <20071202065558.S8303@dair.pair.com> <47533F95.5080608@adacore.com>

Robert Dewar <dewar@adacore.com> writes:
> I don't see much point, since a diff can always easily tell
> you *what* was changed.

A changelog does help recreate a change *set* though, since CVS is
lacking such a thing.  Thus, the CL helps you determine what files to
diff.

True that SVN solves part of that, but SVN is not universal.

References:
- Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages
  - From: Hans-Peter Nilsson
- Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages
  - From: Robert Dewar

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