ChangeLog files - server and client scripts

[Ian Lance Taylor]

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 2:26 AM Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz> wrote:
>
> We've just installed server git hooks that verify git messages
> for a correct ChangeLog format. For a limited time period, please
> still apply ChangeLog changes to the corresponding ChangeLog files.
> We'll use it for comparison of auto-generated CangeLog entries.
>
> The format is documented here:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/codingconventions.html#ChangeLogs
>
> And I would recommend to install the new 'git gcc-verify' hook from:
> contrib/gcc-git-customization.sh
>
> Feel free to contact me about future troubles you'll see.

Hi, this unfortunately breaks gccgo development.  Significant parts of
the gccgo sources are simply copied from other repositories.  Those
other repositories do not use ChangeLog files.  The git commit hook
should not require ChangeLog files for those changes.  And, when the
time comes, no ChangeLog files should be created for changes in those
directories.

The directories in question are

gcc/go/gofrontend
libgo
gcc/testsuite/go.test/test

This is as documented in the README.gcc files in those directories.

How can I exempt those directories from the server hook?  Right now,
as far as I can tell, I cannot commit Go changes.  I get

remote: *** ChangeLog format failed:
remote: ERR: cannot find a ChangeLog location in message
remote:
remote: Please see: https://gcc.gnu.org/codingconventions.html#ChangeLogs
remote:
remote: error: hook declined to update refs/heads/master
To git+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc
 ! [remote rejected]         master -> master (hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'git+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc'

Thanks.

Ian