Re: Hash out a solution for ChangeLog/NEWS at the Cauldron?

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

On 05 Aug 2015 09:34, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> writes:
> > i'm still strongly in favor of getting rid of ChangeLogs entirely.  i have
> > yet to find a scenario where the git commit itself did not contain all the
> > details that i needed, or that really the ChangeLog file itself provided
> > literally any value at all.  in a historical context (CVS), it might have
> > made more sense, but that hasn't been the case for years.
> 
> A simple text file is much easier to search through.

except:
 - there's many more than one text file (ChangeLog*, */ChangeLog*, ...)
 - `git grep foo` is easier than `find -name 'ChangeLog*' -exec grep foo {} +`
    and in my experience also much faster
 - it doesn't tell you anything at all about *why* (the commit message)
 - it doesn't show the actual diff, just file names
 - the file names in the log are often trunacted (based on the topdir)

i have no idea what you'd even search for in the ChangeLog that'd be useful.
symbol names ?  super inconsistent due to the GNU style.  can you describe
your workflow to illustrate their value ?

i find answers to my queries way more often using `git log` and then searching
the paged output via less.  often i throw in -p or --stat when i want details
like filenames since i can actually rely on the data.
-mike

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