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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2014-11-19 11:29:40 -0800
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Lessen focus on ChangeLog files, as opposed to change log entries.
This is in preparation for generating the former automatically from the latter. * admin/notes/bugtracker, admin/notes/copyright, admin/notes/newfile: ChangeLog -> change log * admin/notes/changelogs: Remove, merging old contents to ... * admin/notes/repo: ... here. * doc/emacs/maintaining.texi (Change Log): Mention that ChangeLog files may be copied to or from a version control system. * doc/emacs/trouble.texi (Sending Patches): Point to the commit messages. * doc/lispref/intro.texi (Acknowledgments): ChangeLog file -> change log entries. * doc/lispref/tips.texi (Library Headers): Emacs uses a version control system. * etc/CONTRIBUTE: Give advice about git commit messages and how to generate proposed patches containing them.
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@@ -1137,9 +1137,9 @@ new function, all you need to say about it is that it is new. If you
feel that the purpose needs explaining, it probably does---but put the
explanation in comments in the code. It will be more useful there.
-Please read the @file{ChangeLog} files in the @file{src} and
-@file{lisp} directories to see what sorts of information to put in,
-and to learn the style that we use. @xref{Change Log}.
+Please look at the change log entries of recent commits to see what
+sorts of information to put in, and to learn the style that we use.
+@xref{Change Log}.
@item
When you write the fix, keep in mind that we can't install a change that