Re: [PATCH] New option to make C-x 4 a use file-less ChangeLog buffers (was Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support))

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: João Távora <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:10:01 +0100
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> > But to tell you the truth, I think the default should be t and those
> > very rare users who might need it to be nil will probably just be happy
> > to set it to nil globally once and for all, so I think the safety
> > specification is a case of overengineering.
> 
> OK.  If noone strongly objects to setting this t, I will do so in the
> next iteration.  I think it should be safe for people like Eli who
> have/like a local .gitignored ChangeLog file, because in that case the
> existing file will be used.
> 
> IOW, only if the option is t and there is no such file is a fileless
> ChangeLog created.

This should be called out in NEWS, including the way to get the
previous behavior, but as long as the behavior is not too
backward-incompatible, I don't think I'd mind.