Re: [Monotone-devel] [from svn list] Case study: Mono switches to Subversion

[Derek Scherger]

Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
> In message <address@hidden> on Sun, 21 Nov 2004 05:08:00 -0800, Nathaniel Smith 
> <address@hidden> said:
> njs> Alternatively, we could write an edit_comment hook that pulled from
> njs> the top of the ChangeLog file...
>
> *gnnnnnn*
>
> Need I say more?  :-)

I was thinking that relying directly on changelog certs doesn't quite 
work in the face of forks and merges. It might not list all of the 
associated changelog certs (if it follows one ancestor and not the 
other(s)). But it actually does trace back through *all* ancestors so it 
would in fact list all changelog entries.

So does the ChangeLog file actually serve some purpose beyond what 
changelog certs already provide? Assuming some standard format is used 
for changelog cert entries...

Cheers,
Derek