Hi, On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Simon Josefsson wrote: > > > >> * Is there a tool that produce ChangeLog files in the GNU format, > >> based on the git logs? Similar to the 'cvs2cl' tool. The output > >> should look like: > >> ... > > Let me hack something. > > I do not know why you want to pile something like this into builtin-log. > It would add maintenance burden and I do not see a gain from it. > > One beauty of git is being scriptable. When somebody new asks for > something like this, I think it is much more productive to demonstrate > the power of scriptability than piling random crap in the core. Well, I briefly considered writing a little Perl script using the output of "git log --stat". BUT. GNU ChangeLog is a really often asked-for feature. And before risking some Haskell script producing GNU ChangeLog output in git.git, which I have to rewrite as plugin eventually anyway, I thought that I include it right away. Demonstrating the ease of Git's core, and hacking on Git was a benefit from it. As were the first two patches: I think print_wrapped_text() only now got usable. And show_date() with an enum should be an improvement, too. Anyway, it was the third time I read about such a request, and I had a go at it. If you don't like it, don't take it. I have no problems with that. Ciao, Dscho - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html