Re: File names in ChangeLog entries

[Philipp Stephani]

Am Di., 30. Nov. 2021 um 20:21 Uhr schrieb Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>:
>
> Please in the future can everyone take care to use the following file
> name format in ChangeLog entries:
>
>     * lisp/play/tetris.el: Foo.
>
> Do not use any of these formats:
>
>     [not the full file name:]
>
>         * tetris.el: Foo.
>
>     [missing suffix:]
>
>         * lisp/play/tetris: Foo.
>
>     [wrong suffix:]
>
>         * doc/lispref/emacs.text: Foo.
>
>     [not supported by our tools - patches welcome:]
>
>         * lisp/play/{tetris,morse}.el: Foo.
>
>     [last file not full file name]
>
>         * etc/play/tetris.el, morse.el: Foo.
>
> I recommend using `add-change-log-entry-other-window' bound to `C-x 4 a'
> to get this right.

That almost never does the right thing for me, though. It almost
always tries to create a ChangeLog file in a subdirectory (e.g.
"lisp") and makes the filenames relative to that subdirectory, and I
then have to fix them manually.