>>>>> On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:34:01 +0100, dalanicolai <dalanicolai@gmail.com> said:

    >>
    >> Basically, the VCS will ask you to type in a message describing each
    >> commit you make.  You simply have to format that message like you would
    >> an entry in a ChangeLog.


    dalanicolai> I guess you mean that git will ask to enter a commit message? So I did that,
    dalanicolai> but how does it get into the patch? (I am using magit, maybe I should check
    dalanicolai> out vc, which is what I am doing now)

The commit message is part of the patch. This is git, you
should not skimp on committing locally :-) (you can always run 'git
commit --amend' if you need to make more changes to the same patch)

You then generate the patch using 'git format-patch HEAD~' or the
equivalent magit command.

Since youʼre using magit, you can start your commit, then run
`magit-generate-changelog', which will insert a skeleton ChangeLog
formatted entry based on the diffs of the files that youʼre
committing. You then just need to write a one-line summary of the
change, and describe the changes in the individual files.

Robert
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