Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support)

[Paul Eggert]

Radon Rosborough wrote:
> naturally the maintainers all have extensive
> experience with using the existing tooling and are inclined to think
> it is easier to use than it actually is.

I'm not inclined to think that way at all, and I have more experience with using 
the existing tooling than most. ChangeLog was designed before software tools 
like Git were common, and the format's insistence on recording details easily 
findable elsewhere wastes my time and my readers' time, as well as being a 
barrier to entry as you mention. Unfortunately, we have not been able to 
convince RMS to fix the format, even though it really needs an upgrade.