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| author | Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> | 2010-05-04 11:31:54 +0200 |
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| committer | Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> | 2010-05-04 11:31:54 +0200 |
| commit | f31c82d517e76e130f32c068e493a334113566c8 (patch) | |
| tree | a4175ae3cdf90b58dd28c33c7b389b8982c54e11 /docs/chapters | |
| parent | 18bd09e66f6f0b6d9d896eb8ffa48a186e4b3165 (diff) | |
Document Git-Dch: Ignore and Git-Dch: Short
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/chapters/releases.sgml | 21 |
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diff --git a/docs/chapters/releases.sgml b/docs/chapters/releases.sgml index 00fb76f8..b3b46db3 100644 --- a/docs/chapters/releases.sgml +++ b/docs/chapters/releases.sgml @@ -97,7 +97,28 @@ Thanks: cool upstream * New upstream version (Closes: #1000) - thanks to cool upstream </screen> You can use the <option>Closes:</option> tag multiple times. +</para> +<para> +There are several tags to further customize what (and how) commit messages get +included into the changelog: </para><para> +To exclude a commit from the generated changelog use: +</para><para> +<screen> +Git-Dch: Ignore +</screen> +This is e.g. useful if you're just fixing up a previous commit and couldn't +ammend it. +</para> + +<para> +To only include the short description in the commit and skip the body use: +<screen> +Git-Dch: Short +</screen> +This only takes effect when running &git-dch; with the <option>--full</option> option. +</para> +<para> Usually changelog entries should correspond to a single &git; commit. In this case it's convenient to include the commit id in the changelog entry. This has the advantage that it's easy for people to identify changes without |