From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Request to add options to tools/git_changelog |
Date: | 2012-04-26 05:01:47 |
Message-ID: | 20120426050147.GA23228@momjian.us |
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On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 05:09:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > The attached patch gives you an idea of what I want to add.
>
> This patch doesn't seem to be against HEAD?
Yes, if people approve, I will work on a current patch against HEAD.
> > --details-after Show branch and author info after the commit description
>
> I don't understand the point of that.
The release notes have the author at the end of the text.
> > --master-only Show commits made exclusively to the master branch
>
> Agreed, this could be useful.
>
> > --oldest-first Show oldest commits first
>
> This also seems rather useless in comparison to how much it complicates
> the code. We don't sort release note entries by commit date, so what's
> it matter?
It is very hard to read the commit messages newest-first because they
are often cummulative, and the order of items of equal weight is
oldest-first in the release notes.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
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