Notes from the version control BOF at the summit

[Andrew Pinski]

On Jun 4, 2004, at 18:35, Matt Austern wrote:
> Stupid question: if we have atomic multifile patches, so that you can 
> give
> a single comment to what's conceptually a single checkin, then what
> purpose will the ChangeLog serve?  Won't it just duplicate information
> that's already there in the version control system's metadata?

But when we export the directories from the repository there is no 
longer
this information except in the ChangeLog even someone who is working on 
their
own private tree which exist only in their SCM will not be able figure 
out
the history of a change unless the ChangeLog exists still.

Also I think a ChangeLog is a GNU code style requirement.

Thanks,
Andrew Pinski