ChangeLog's: do we have to?

[Joseph Myers]

On Thu, 5 Jul 2018, Aldy Hernandez wrote:

> However, even if you could "git log --grep" the commit messages, I assume your
> current use is grepping for function names and such, right? Being able to grep
> a commit message won't solve that problem, or am I missing something?

If you know what function and file you're interested in, you can use git 
log -L to find changes to it (I've used that in the GCC context before), 
or of course other tools such as git blame.

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Joseph S. Myers
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