Re: Bug#752135: git-merge-changelog: Overstates the need for .gitattributes

2024-07-02 Thread Bruno Haible
Simon Josefsson wrote: > It would be nice if the documentation is moved to the gnulib texinfo > manual, but as I haven't tried git-merge-changelog yet I'm not the best > person to work on that. git-merge-changelog is actually out-of-place in gnulib, since it's a program (to be compiled first, not

Re: Bug#752135: git-merge-changelog: Overstates the need for .gitattributes

2024-07-02 Thread Simon Josefsson via Gnulib discussion list
Bruno Haible writes: > Hi Samuel and Simon, > >> I believe you are right, and I >> suggest the patch below. Bruno, what do you think? > > Yes, you are right. I have a package with a .gitattributes at the > top-level and a src/ChangeLog, and the .gitattributes file has the > desired effect. (Thin

Re: Bug#752135: git-merge-changelog: Overstates the need for .gitattributes

2024-07-02 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Samuel and Simon, > I believe you are right, and I > suggest the patch below. Bruno, what do you think? Yes, you are right. I have a package with a .gitattributes at the top-level and a src/ChangeLog, and the .gitattributes file has the desired effect. (Things may well have been different 16

Re: Bug#752135: git-merge-changelog: Overstates the need for .gitattributes

2024-07-02 Thread Simon Josefsson via Gnulib discussion list
Samuel Bronson writes: > Package: git-merge-changelog > Version: 20140202+stable-2 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > Your git-merge-changelog(1) manpage and the source file > git-merge-changelog.c both say that you need a '.gitattributes' file in > *every* directory. In fact, if you wa