Re: git: avoiding merges, rebasing

[Benoit SIGOURE]

On Sep 30, 2007, at 10:27 PM, Benoit SIGOURE wrote:

> On Sep 30, 2007, at 9:41 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
>
> > > it should be
> > > possible to create a custom [merge "cl-merge"] in your git config  
> > > file,
> > > which points to a script designed specifically for resolving  
> > > changelog
> > > conflicts
> >
> > I would love such a script, instead of constantly having to do  
> > conflict
> > resolution at the top of ChangeLog.
>
> So would I.  I've had this in my TODO list for a long time so if no  
> one else is willing to give it a try, I can try, but it won't be  
> before next week because my schedule is quite busy until then.

I finally found some time to hack something and here is my git-merge- 
changelog Perl script.  I tested it quickly and it seems to work  
fine.  It will mess up the ChangeLog entries when a commit actually  
modifies an existing ChangeLog entry.  It needs more testing but I'm  
just throwing this out in the wild for people that have interest in  
this to review.  I will eventually come up with a solution for the  
commits modifying existing entries and a testsuite.

I'm CC-ing the Git ML just in case it interests some more people over  
there.

In order to use it, add the following to your ~/.gitconfig:
[merge "cl-merge"]
        name = GNU-style ChangeLog merge driver
        driver = /path/to/git-merge-changelog %O %A %B
(you can also add it to a specific working copy by adding it in .git/ 
config instead)

Then, in the directory where the ChangeLog is, add a .gitattributes  
file with the following content:
ChangeLog       merge=cl-merge

For more information, see man gitattributes.

Let me know if something goes wrong.

Cheers,

--
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

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