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Bug 336359 - Feature Request: tight integration of the ChangeLog plugin and Egit
Summary: Feature Request: tight integration of the ChangeLog plugin and Egit
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Linux Tools
Classification: Tools
Component: ChangeLog (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Jeff Johnston CLA
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Depends on: 336255
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Reported: 2011-02-04 10:25 EST by Ben Konrath CLA
Modified: 2015-10-15 13:47 EDT (History)
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Description Ben Konrath CLA 2011-02-04 10:25:22 EST
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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 CLA 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 CLA 2011-05-04 16:08:24 EDT
Re-assigning.
Comment 3 Martin Oberhuber CLA 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