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-rw-r--r--lisp/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--lisp/add-log.el15
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b5c2b99c03e..f9f6d35650a 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-10-25 Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
+
+ * add-log.el (add-log-always-start-new-record): New user option.
+ (add-change-log-entry): Use it.
+
2001-10-25 Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
* progmodes/etags.el (tags-query-replace): Make tags-loop-scan
diff --git a/lisp/add-log.el b/lisp/add-log.el
index 1d175ffe4a3..029c1797988 100644
--- a/lisp/add-log.el
+++ b/lisp/add-log.el
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ this variable."
:type 'boolean
:group 'change-log)
+(defcustom add-log-always-start-new-record nil
+ "*If non-nil, `add-change-log-entry' will always start a new record."
+ :version "21.2"
+ :type 'boolean
+ :group 'change-log)
+
(defcustom add-log-buffer-file-name-function nil
"*If non-nil, function to call to identify the full filename of a buffer.
This function is called with no argument. If this is nil, the default is to
@@ -182,7 +188,7 @@ Note: The search is conducted only within 10%, at the beginning of the file."
"Face for highlighting parenthesized lists of functions or variables."
:version "21.1"
:group 'change-log)
-
+
(defface change-log-conditionals-face
'((t (:inherit font-lock-variable-name-face)))
"Face for highlighting conditionals of the form `[...]'."
@@ -415,6 +421,10 @@ Fourth arg NEW-ENTRY non-nil means always create a new entry at the front;
never append to an existing entry. Option `add-log-keep-changes-together'
otherwise affects whether a new entry is created.
+Option `add-log-always-start-new-record' non-nil means always create a
+new record, even when the last record was made on the same date and by
+the same person.
+
The change log file can start with a copyright notice and a copying
permission notice. The first blank line indicates the end of these
notices.
@@ -469,7 +479,8 @@ non-nil, otherwise in local time."
(let ((new-entry (concat (funcall add-log-time-format)
" " add-log-full-name
" <" add-log-mailing-address ">")))
- (if (looking-at (regexp-quote new-entry))
+ (if (and (not add-log-always-start-new-record)
+ (looking-at (regexp-quote new-entry)))
(forward-line 1)
(insert new-entry "\n\n")
(forward-line -1)))