GNU bug report logs - #17970
log-edit creates unwanted ChangeLog buffers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 02:36:02 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version 24.3.92

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 17970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17970: log-edit creates unwanted ChangeLog buffers
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:18:05 -0400

>>> What if I already did "C-x 4 a", which visited a non-existing
>>> ChangeLog, and wrote my entry, but didn't yet save that buffer?
> Then you get punished for not committing your ChangeLog at the same time
> as the associated commit. ;)

But this case is actually interesting because for repositories such as
`elpa' which don't use ChangeLogs but do want to use the ChangeLog
conventions in the commit message, a way to do that is to use C-x 4 a to
fill the ChangeLog buffer but you won't want to save this buffer.


        Stefan
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