From: Glenn Morris Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:57:57 +0000 (-0700) Subject: * admin/notes/bzr: Update bzr changelog_merge plugin details. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-24.0.90~104^2~275^2~510 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8ae17ff2bf7443379745356de33826b306dfefdf;p=emacs.git * admin/notes/bzr: Update bzr changelog_merge plugin details. --- diff --git a/admin/notes/bzr b/admin/notes/bzr index db9e6e0dcda..5600c9badb0 100644 --- a/admin/notes/bzr +++ b/admin/notes/bzr @@ -65,23 +65,22 @@ removes a file, then remove the corresponding files by hand. The following description uses bound branches, presumably it works in a similar way with unbound ones. -0) (First time only) Get the bzr changelog_merge plugin: +0) (First time only) Get the bzr changelog_merge plugin +(this will be included by default in bzr 2.4 onwards): cd ~/.bazaar/plugins -bzr branch lp:bzr-changelog-merge +# The following is an improved version of: lp:bzr-changelog-merge +bzr branch lp:~spiv/bzr-changelog-merge/non-head-edits-723968 mv bzr-changelog-merge changelog_merge -This will make merging ChangeLogs a lot smoother. It merges new -entries to the top of the file, rather than trying to fit them in -mid-way through. +This should make merging ChangeLogs smoother. It merges new entries +to the top of the file, rather than trying to fit them in mid-way +through. Newer versions of the plugin should also be able to deal +with changes to *old* ChangeLog entries, that should not be floated to +the head of the file (see launchpad#723968). -Sigh. This plugin has a drawback. People often like to edit older -ChangeLog entries, not at the head of the file. Frequently they do -this in the same commit as making new entries. Using this plugin -will merge ALL changed entries (including older ones) to the top of -the destination file. - -Maybe the default Emacs behavior without this plugin is better, I dunno. +Maybe the default Emacs behavior without this plugin is better, +though, it's not clear yet. 1) Get clean, up-to-date copies of the emacs-23 and trunk branches. Check for any uncommitted changes with bzr status.