On 11 Jan 2021 14:54, Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches wrote:
> On 2021-01-11 2:38 p.m., Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > to be clear, it isn't generating entries exactly like we write.  it's
> > using the git commit logs with formatted dates.  so i don't think this
> > applies exactly anymore.  so it's inline with the GNU's VCS principles:
> > https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html
> > (and that also recommends just using gitlog-to-changelog).
> 
> Oh ok, I confused that script with vcs-to-changelog then!
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/VCS-To-ChangeLog.html
> 
> Just for reference, here's an excerpt of what vcs-to-changelog generates
> for the patch I am currently working on:

oh yeah, i tried that script too, and it was ... not ideal :).
it at least copies & pastes filenames so you don't have to extract
them, but i wouldn't expect much more out of it.
-mike