Re: Minor fix to gitlog-to-changelog

[Jim Meyering]

Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> In the output of gitlog-to-changelog, subject lines
> are not separated from the body. This fix adds an extra newline
> and fixes this. Any objections to push it?

Hi Sergey,

I prefer the existing style, so how about making that format string an option?

E.g., I prefer this:

    2009-08-10  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

            tests: raise ulimit virt-mem limit to avoid new failure
            * tests/cp/link-heap: Raise limit from 16MB to ~20MB,
            to avoid spurious failure on rawhide.

            nl, pinky: replace uses of strcat
            * src/nl.c (main): Avoid strcat, on principle.  Use stpcpy instead.
            * src/pinky.c (print_long_entry): Likewise.

            build: update from gnulib, for HOST_NAME_MAX on solaris 10
            * gnulib: Update submodule to latest.

    2009-08-07  Giuseppe Scrivano  <address@hidden>

            cp: accept the --reflink option
            * NEWS: Mention it.
            * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe it.
            * src/copy.h (struct cp_options) [reflink]: New member.
            * src/copy.c (usage): Describe it.
            (copy_reg): If reflink is true try to clone the file.
            (main): Check for --reflink.
            (cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
            * src/install.c (cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
            * src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise.
            * tests/cp/sparse: Add a new test case.

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and not this:

    2009-08-10  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

            tests: raise ulimit virt-mem limit to avoid new failure

            * tests/cp/link-heap: Raise limit from 16MB to ~20MB,
            to avoid spurious failure on rawhide.

            nl, pinky: replace uses of strcat

            * src/nl.c (main): Avoid strcat, on principle.  Use stpcpy instead.
            * src/pinky.c (print_long_entry): Likewise.

            build: update from gnulib, for HOST_NAME_MAX on solaris 10

            * gnulib: Update submodule to latest.

    2009-08-07  Giuseppe Scrivano  <address@hidden>

            cp: accept the --reflink option

            * NEWS: Mention it.
            * doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe it.
            * src/copy.h (struct cp_options) [reflink]: New member.
            * src/copy.c (usage): Describe it.
            (copy_reg): If reflink is true try to clone the file.
            (main): Check for --reflink.
            (cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
            * src/install.c (cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
            * src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise.
            * tests/cp/sparse: Add a new test case.