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Re: RFS: git2cl



On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:30:31 +1100
Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@member.fsf.org> wrote:

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> Dear Mentors,
> 
> I'm looking for sponsor for my package git2cl
> 
> Package name	: git2cl
> URL             : http://josefsson.org/git2cl/
> License         : GPL-2+
> Section         : utils
> 
> It is a simple tool to convert git logs to GNU ChangeLog format
> according to format specification:
> http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html
>

Just a comment about the problem git2cl solves, sorry for going a bit
Off Topic, in my projects I use this command to generate a GNU Style
ChangeLog:

 git log --pretty="format:%ad  %aN  <%aE>%n%n%x09* %s%d%n" --date=short

or a variant which prints the timezone too in the date field:

 git log --pretty="format:%ai  %aN  <%aE>%n%n%x09* %s%d%n"

Notable differences with git2cl:
  * Puts _two_spaces_ between author's name and author's email, like
    the document you quote shows. git2cl does not do that.
  * Does not show the list of changed files, which is not a problem
    _for_me_ since I usually put a context hint before the commit
    message anyways, like:
        subsystem: actual commit message...

Regards,
   Antonio

> 
> Package available for review from:
> 
> 
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/git2cl/git2cl_2.0+git200808271242-1.dsc
> 
> Packaging is rather trivial so it likely to be easy to review.
> 
> Regards,
> Dmitry.
> 

-- 
Antonio Ospite
http://ao2.it

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
   See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

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