GNU bug report logs - #20717
date of generated ChangeLog entries for (git)merged commits

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 06:23:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #3 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: attribution of gitmerge.el merged entries in generated ChangeLog
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 02:22:10 -0400

Package: emacs
Version: 25.0.50

After using M-x gitmerge (which seems v nice, BTW), 'make ChangeLog'
creates a file with contents:

2015-06-01  Glenn Morris  <rgm@...>

   Merge from origin/emacs-24
   8b5f2f4 * doc/emacs/emacs.texi: Update the ISBN of the Emacs manual.

The merged entries should be listed under the name of the original
author(s), not the name of the person who did the merge.
This bug report was last modified 7 years and 150 days ago.

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