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Bug 336359

Summary:	Feature Request: tight integration of the ChangeLog plugin and Egit
Product:	[Tools] Linux Tools	Reporter:	Ben Konrath <ben>
Component:	ChangeLog	Assignee:	Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	caniszczyk, jjohnstn, linux.changelog-inbox, mober.at+eclipse, overholt
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:	336255
Bug Blocks:

Description Ben Konrath

2011-02-04 10:25:22 EST

Build Identifier: 

I'm currently using 'moap changelog prepare' to create my ChangeLogs. Here's my workflow:

* stage the files I'm ready to commit
* run 'moap changelog prepare'
* edit ChangeLog
* run 'git diff <branch>' to double check the changes and the ChangeLog
* copy the ChangeLog text from the diff
* run 'git commit'
* paste in the text from ChangeLog diff into the git commit log and clean it up (remove the +'s and spaces)
* save the git commit file to complete the commit

Once the ChangeLog plugin has support for git repositories, I'd like to have tighter integration between the two plugins. Here's one potential workflow:

* stage the files I'm ready to commit
* run git commit in Egit
* a GNU style ChangeLog entry is created (using the ChangeLog Plugin) and automatically put into the Egit commit message editor
* edit commit message
* I can double check the changes from here
* when I click the commit button, the commit message is automatically added to the top of the ChangeLog file which is included with the commit.

Configuration Options To Consider:

* enable / disable feature in its entirety

OR 

* enable / disable automatic GNU style ChangeLog entry creation
* enable / disable automatically adding commit message to ChangeLog file

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Andrew Overholt

2011-02-08 14:16:41 EST

Thanks for the excellent request, Ben!  It sounds like something that could be done as a summer project by a student.

Comment 2 Andrew Overholt

2011-05-04 16:08:24 EDT

Re-assigning.

Comment 3 Martin Oberhuber

2015-10-15 13:47:57 EDT

What is the status on Changelog + git/EGit ?

The homepage lists "git and mercurial support" under future plans.
https://www.eclipse.org/linuxtools/projectPages/changelog/

But https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=355129 seems to indicate something is working with EGit ?

Thanks for any input !
Martin