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Run 'make change-history' on release branch

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Message #96 received at 21998 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21998 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rgm <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 11:38:24 -0500

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  > I agree, but you seem to assume that ChangeLog files are kept in the
  > repository.  If they were, there wouldn't be a problem.  They aren't;
  > they are generated from Git log.

I am trying to understand the situation from what I read in some of
these messages.  If the ChangeLog files are only generated from the
Git log mssages, which cannot be corrected, then how does fixing ChangeLog
entries work?

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