> From: Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden>
> Cc: Clément Pit-Claudel <address@hidden>,
> address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:31:57 +0000
>
> EZ> There's only one command: "C-x 4 a".
>
> I think that's not entirely accurate. It sort of works for most cases
> from a single file. But it opens a ChangeLog file, not a commit entry,
> which is really odd. And it has many other special behaviors (e.g.
> doesn't regenerate entries if the code changes).
Yes, it opens ChangeLog, but copy-pasting from there to the log buffer
when committing is trivial, right? And you will see that our
.gitignore conveniently ignores .ChangeLog
To be fair, there isn't even any copy-paste involved if you use vc-next-action and such.
But that doesn't mean it's not horribly impractical. I hate the ChangeLog buffers, especially how they interact with save-some-buffers because invariably I end up saving them inadvertently.
I wish there was a way to make these buffers without buffer-file-name and still have vc collect the entries from them. Also, after committing, the entries would actually be removed.
Would a patch for this be welcome?
This would be a big improvement for me, because otherwise I quite like the ChangeLog format. It has saved my hide many times, especially during tricky merges or rebases.