From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: contrib/README Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:37:43 +0200 Message-ID: References: <3619.1277974892@maps> <3855.1277975432@maps> <4027.1277976169@maps> <4663.1277986531@maps> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59899 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OUJ1p-0007PJ-TA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:38:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OUJ1o-0005jb-Iy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:38:05 -0400 Received: from pony.ic.uva.nl ([145.18.40.181]:57652) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OUJ1o-0005iM-C2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:38:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: 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: Carsten Dominik Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Stephen Eglen On Jul 1, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On Jul 1, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Stephen Eglen wrote: > >> >>> Please that we no longer use ChangeLog, but that we place entries >>> with similar syntax into the commit message and then later >>> build ChangeLog from that. >>> >>> If you look at the final commit, you'll see what I mean. >> >> I see - neat idea about the ChangeLog. Can you still use 'C-x 4 a' >> from >> a buffer to help build the ChangeLog entries though which >> ultimately go >> in the commit messages? What's the workflow (sorry if this has been >> discussed before)? > > The workflow is to use magit, and the to press `C' at a snippet in the > magit status buffer. This is equivalent to `C-x 4 a'. > > Please make sure that > > - the commit message still has a single first line, followed by a > newline arrgh, by 2 newlines, i.e. by an empty line! > - after the newline, the ChangeLog entry should be placed, first > line starting > with a star, and no empty lines inside the block. > - After the ChangeLog block, and another empty line, you can add any > free-form > explanations you want - they will be discarded when building the > ChangeLog file. > > See also > > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.php#sec-4 > > HTH > > - Carsten > - Carsten