Hello, On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:11 PM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote: > <https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Log-Concepts.html>
I read this and still am on the opposite side. The "changelog entries are like an undo list" is a WTF, to me this is what `patch -R` is for... My take on that (the newbie wanting to grasp it) is that I do the following: - read git changelog entries titles in gitk (or a ML, or a gitweb) - if oneliner title looks interesting for a subject I'm currently trying to learn - I read the full changelog entry - if that is still interesting me, then I go read the code Is there something equivalent with the GNU-styled CLs, that does not require me to read every patch ? Because that's not scaling very well, especially in languages that I'm not proficient in. My example is LKML, the changelogs are an extremely valuable tool to understand things, to debug, etc... I just love this level of details put into changelogs. Tastes & colors... -- Vincent Legoll
