From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Git transition checklist Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 22:10:11 +0100 Message-ID: <87y52qmb7w.fsf@igel.home> References: <20140108135200.8ECF9380834@snark.thyrsus.com> <1738kywelh.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <20140108200216.GB5374@thyrsus.com> <83vbxudy53.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389215428 11644 80.91.229.3 (8 Jan 2014 21:10:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 21:10:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 08 22:10:34 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W10OX-0002ce-Nb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 22:10:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48946 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W10OX-0006RH-3S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:10:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40325) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W10ON-0006Jd-Oz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:10:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W10OJ-0007uB-1a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:10:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]:54030) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W10OD-0007tr-Op; Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:10:13 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3f035059dyz3hjKc; Wed, 8 Jan 2014 22:10:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3f03504grCzbbcS; Wed, 8 Jan 2014 22:10:12 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id RBATJOTEMMTA; Wed, 8 Jan 2014 22:10:11 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: HQCSPQqPp3uIW7oJjngmK6b8gvfaF9dNs2DPR0P2UwI= Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-40-16.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.40.16]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 8 Jan 2014 22:10:11 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5A80C2C37D6; Wed, 8 Jan 2014 22:10:11 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: .. If I cover this entire WALL with MAZOLA, who I have to give my AGENT ten per cent?? In-Reply-To: <83vbxudy53.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 08 Jan 2014 22:19:52 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x X-Received-From: 2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:167812 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > Yes, there is: in gnulib. It's called git-merge-changelog. The > problem that (AFAIK) there's no distribution of it you can download; > one needs to produce a gnulib module for it, and then configure and > build it. For those who use openSUSE, it's available as the git-merge-changelog package. I don't know about other distributions. >> > The current version deliberately avoids calling an external executable >> > during dumping of Emacs, because that seemed safer to me (one less point >> > of failure). I think a git version should do the same (but I expect to >> > hear it's impossible). >> >> I don't know of a way to do it. > > How about looking in .git/logs/HEAD? While the repository format is fully documented, there are a few indirections to be done before you wind up with the ultimate git revision. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."