On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 09:07:35AM +0200, Jörg Bornemann wrote: > Suppose you create a new feature in commit A for Qt 5.x. The commit > message has a change log entry. After a while A has to be reverted. You > won't have time to fix the issue properly for 5.x. The git history for > 5.x still contains the change log entry - now erronously. > good revert commit messages add a retraction changelog entry. consequently, the re-application should then mention that fact as well, to not confuse the editor (just like the summary should mention that it's a re-application, to not confuse the readers of the log).
> Is the script that creates change logs from git commit history aware of > reverts and filters out such entries? > we could do that, but that needs to happen atomically with a change of actual practice (cf. your change where neither the revert nor the re-application have a changelog). _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
