Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 5152b21 1/2: ; ChangeLog fixes

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 01/24/2016 10:52 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:

> I typically use vc-dwim, which does that already. That is partly why I
> haven't bothered adding a separate linter step to
> build-aux/git-hooks/commit-msg. It'd be nice if the check were there for
> everybody.

Hmm. I'm definitely not asking for this for my own benefit (you can see 
my log messages weren't in this list of fixes).

> vc-dwim also has the converse check. That is, it checks that every file
> affected by the commit is mentioned in the commit message. I prefer this
> check too, though I'm not sure everyone else would.

Why not? I think we have a clearly-defined set of files which can go 
without log entries. I'd say it's a question of policy and not just 
personal preference.