ChangeLogs in commit messages

[Andreas Schwab]

Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:

>> > No, I strongly object to #5. The ChangeLog entries are part of
>> > the email to be sent along with the patch to be reviewed, We had
>> > that discussion many many years ago, and at the time, people
>> > wanted the CL entry in the email, rather than as a diff.
>> 
>> How does this have anything to do with the commit message?
>
> The email can be sent nearly verbatim using "git send-email".

The use of send-email is not a requirement.

> This is an objective that can be achieved with zero extra work
> if you consider the other reasons I gave why I think the CL entry
> should be in the revision log.

That can also be achieved without the duplication in the commit message.

Andreas.

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