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Re: string.h uses restrict
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: string.h uses restrict |
Date: |
Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:32:42 +0200 |
Eric Blake wrote:
> According to Jim Meyering on 4/7/2009 2:56 AM:
>> - use ChangeLog-style "* full-relative-name/to-each-affected-file
>> (func,rule,etc.): description..." in the log, because that is what
>> goes into the ChangeLog for gnulib. In coreutils, the log is the
>> primary source, and ChangeLog is automatically generated from that.
>> In gnulib, we don't all agree on policy, so we retain use of a VC'd
>> ChangeLog, and here, my ChangeLog entries are identical (modulo the
>> leading TABs which are in the file but not in log). When sending in
>> "git format-patch" patches, I prefer *not* to have ChangeLog diffs,
>> because they're very likely not to apply.
>
> If you use Bruno's git-merge-changelog program, and attach a
> .gitattributes notation to your changelog that you do so, then ChangeLog
> diffs have a high probability of applying correctly, even when ChangeLog
> changes in between patch generation and patch application. Gnulib already
> has the .gitattributes in place, but it still depends on you making the
> manual configuration changes (either via 'git config', or manually editing
> .git/config or ~/.gitconfig). But for an automated approach to this, see
> m4's bootstrap script, which sees if git-merge-changelog is available in
> the path, and if so, adds the git changelog merge driver if it is not
> already configured, and if not, suggests that the user look into using it.
Thanks, but does that also help when reordering
change sets via e.g., git rebase -i?
- Re: string.h uses restrict, (continued)
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Jim Meyering, 2009/04/07
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Reuben Thomas, 2009/04/07
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Jim Meyering, 2009/04/07
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Reuben Thomas, 2009/04/07
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Jim Meyering, 2009/04/07
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Reuben Thomas, 2009/04/07
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Jim Meyering, 2009/04/07
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Jim Meyering, 2009/04/07
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Karl Berry, 2009/04/07
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Eric Blake, 2009/04/07
- Re: string.h uses restrict,
Jim Meyering <=
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Eric Blake, 2009/04/07
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Jim Meyering, 2009/04/03
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Simon Josefsson, 2009/04/13
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Reuben Thomas, 2009/04/13
- maint.mk, Reuben Thomas, 2009/04/29
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Jim Meyering, 2009/04/14
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Simon Josefsson, 2009/04/14
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Jim Meyering, 2009/04/15
- Re: string.h uses restrict, Jim Meyering, 2009/04/01