> gitlog-to-auctexlog is based on gitlog-to-emacslog. Should the issue be > reported there as well? gitlog-to-emacslog isn't different in this > regard: > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/build-aux/gitlog-to-emacslog#n62
`gitlog-to-emacslog` is used only to build the release tarballs, not during a normal build, so it's OK for it to fail when Git fails, and it's not OK for it to generate an empty ChangeLog. Which points out that maybe instead of changing `gitlog-to-auctexlog` it'd be easier to change the `make` rule so it doesn't build `ChangeLog` (and have another rule that does build `ChangeLog` for those cases where it's important). Stefan