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>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
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 13:46:00 -0400

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> 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.

Sounds like Emacs should provide a better mechanism for this,
rather than one that could eg leave unwanted auto-saves around.
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