From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Wiegley Subject: A request: Moving away from ChangeLog Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 05:06:04 -0400 Message-ID: <2151275B-C80E-4B40-9022-8C9054020163@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47310 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OFOBI-0007Qn-4e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 05:06:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFOBG-00079N-Bb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 05:06:11 -0400 Received: from mail-pz0-f176.google.com ([209.85.222.176]:64721) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFOBG-000797-31 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2010 05:06:10 -0400 Received: by pzk6 with SMTP id 6so358953pzk.1 for ; Fri, 21 May 2010 02:06:09 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode Mode The Emacs ChangeLog is a file which predates the existence of freely = available, project-wide version control. It was a way to see, in one = place, the stream of changes occurring in a project -- something which = RCS could not do for you. However, in this modern era of project-wide, atomic commits, the = ChangeLog is not only an archaism, but is a continuous source of merge = conflicts. For example, when I reverted Russell's latest change -- a = one-liner that was minor in the extreme -- I had to do with a merge = conflict in lisp/ChangeLog. With a system like Git, and properly written commits, you can produce a = ChangeLog at any time with "git log". You even see a ChangeLog for just = one file, or a directory with "git log --follow PATH". This completes = supersedes any need for a ChangeLog file, and has led me to abandon the = use of ChangeLogs in all the projects I maintain. I would request we do so for Org-mode as well, unless there is some = compelling reason to keep this file. John=