> Hmm, that's what I use. If you go to the diff buffer that (by default) > is popped up while committing [*], hitting C (magit-commit-add-log) on a > hunk should add an entry to the commit message buffer. > > What happens on your end? (And what version of Magit are you using?)
Thanks for the pointer about magit-commit-add-log! It indeed works, but the binding was shadowed by my modal bindings in boon-mode. I usually access the magit commands from transient magit help menu. magit-commit-add-log is not listed there. Best, Ihor Kyle Meyer <k...@kyleam.com> writes: > Ihor Radchenko writes: > >> By the way, do you know how to automatically format changelog entries in >> magit. The suggestion from contribute page seems outdated (or I miss >> something): >> >>> If you are using magit.el in Emacs, the ChangeLog for such entries are >>> easily produced by pressing C in the diff listing. > > Hmm, that's what I use. If you go to the diff buffer that (by default) > is popped up while committing [*], hitting C (magit-commit-add-log) on a > hunk should add an entry to the commit message buffer. > > What happens on your end? (And what version of Magit are you using?) > > > [*] I haven't followed it closely, but Noam Postavsky has worked on > improving changelog generation in Emacs (shipped with Emacs 27, I > believe) and then using that in Magit (in-flight PR). IIUC the > end result is that the full changelog skeleton could be inserted > by calling a single command from the commit message buffer. (And > calling the command manually could be avoided by adding it to > git-commit-setup-hook.) > > https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16301#11 > https://github.com/magit/magit/issues/2931 > https://github.com/magit/magit/pull/3928
