How to log changes to orgmode files?

How to log changes to orgmode files?

[Mirko Vukovic]

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Hello,

I am writing a report in org-mode (with pdf export).  The file is under git
version control.  I would like to log changes I make to the document.

When I invoke ChangeLog, it is pre-populated with the file name only.
There is no finer information about the location of the modification.  For
instance, I would like to use the tree heading name or ID.

Is there a standard way of logging changes?

Thanks,

Mirko

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Re: How to log changes to orgmode files?

[Colin Baxter]

Hello Mirko,
>>>>> Mirko Vukovic <mirko.vukovic@gmail.com> writes:

    > Hello, I am writing a report in org-mode (with pdf export). The
    > file is under git version control. I would like to log changes I
    > make to the document.

    > When I invoke ChangeLog, it is pre-populated with the file name
    > only. There is no finer information about the location of the
    > modification. For instance, I would like to use the tree heading
    > name or ID.

    > Is there a standard way of logging changes?

    > Thanks,

The LaTeX packages "gitinfo2" and "mVersion" might be what you want. Beware
that gitinfo2 sometimes conflicts with the options "usenames" and
"dvipsnames" for packages "color" and "xcolor". 

Best wishes.

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Re: How to log changes to orgmode files?

[Kyle Meyer]

Mirko Vukovic <mirko.vukovic@gmail.com> writes:

> When I invoke ChangeLog, it is pre-populated with the file name only.
> There is no finer information about the location of the modification.  For
> instance, I would like to use the tree heading name or ID.
>
> Is there a standard way of logging changes?

If I understand correctly what you want, I think you can get it by
setting add-log-current-defun-function.  For example,

   (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
             (lambda ()
               (setq-local add-log-current-defun-function
                           (lambda () (ignore-errors (org-get-heading t))))))

Untested, and you probably don't want to add an anonymous function to
org-mode-hook, but hopefully it helps.

-- 
Kyle