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author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2012-01-02 15:53:06 +0100 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2012-01-02 15:53:06 +0100 |
commit | 744b6c6ea8c72b372750ed31f3afed8420b236eb (patch) | |
tree | 54adcf0255d9e0106ad174237b768658edb50fe3 /build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog | |
parent | d6e34eccef7fdd4032743eab7c0b1b92c31399e9 (diff) | |
download | gnulib-744b6c6ea8c72b372750ed31f3afed8420b236eb.tar.gz |
gitlog-to-changelog: describe input syntax in --help output
* build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog (usage) [SPECIAL SYNTAX]: New section.
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-rwxr-xr-x | build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog b/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog index 8825685aa8..9d5327a42c 100755 --- a/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog +++ b/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ eval '(exit $?0)' && eval 'exec perl -wS "$0" ${1+"$@"}' if 0; # Convert git log output to ChangeLog format. -my $VERSION = '2012-01-02 09:55'; # UTC +my $VERSION = '2012-01-02 14:48'; # UTC # The definition above must lie within the first 8 lines in order # for the Emacs time-stamp write hook (at end) to update it. # If you change this file with Emacs, please let the write hook @@ -78,6 +78,21 @@ EXAMPLE: $ME --since=2008-01-01 > ChangeLog $ME -- -n 5 foo > last-5-commits-to-branch-foo +SPECIAL SYNTAX: + +The following types of strings are interpreted specially when they appear +at the beginning of a log message line. They are not copied to the output. + + Copyright-paperwork-exempt: Yes + Append the "(tiny change)" notation to the usual "date name email" + ChangeLog header to mark a change that does not require a copyright + assignment. + Co-authored-by: Joe User <user\@example.com> + List the specified name and email address on a second + ChangeLog header, denoting a co-author. + Signed-off-by: Joe User <user\@example.com> + These lines are simply elided. + In a FILE specified via --amend, comment lines (starting with "#") are ignored. FILE must consist of <SHA,CODE+> pairs where SHA is a 40-byte SHA1 (alone on a line) referring to a commit in the current project, and CODE refers to one |