As there was some confusion regarding when the ChangeLog is generated, I propose the attached wwwdocs patch. Comments?
(Side remark: The cron-script commit by gccadmin@ is labelled "Daily bump." and updates gcc/DATESTAMP besides the ChangeLog files.) Tobias ----------------- Mentor Graphics (Deutschland) GmbH, Arnulfstrasse 201, 80634 München Registergericht München HRB 106955, Geschäftsführer: Thomas Heurung, Frank Thürauf
htdocs/gitwrite.html: Clarify ChangeLog generation diff --git a/htdocs/gitwrite.html b/htdocs/gitwrite.html index 8363e70c..66ad215f 100644 --- a/htdocs/gitwrite.html +++ b/htdocs/gitwrite.html @@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ pull</code>" before attempting a checkin; this will save you a little time if someone else has modified the source tree since the last time you synced your sources.</li> -<li>Apply the patch to your local tree. ChangeLog entries will be -automatically added to the corresponding ChangeLog files based -on the git commit message. See the documentation of +<li>Apply the patch to your local tree. On the release branches, ChangeLog +entries will be automatically added to the corresponding ChangeLog files based +on the git commit message by the daily-bump commit. See the documentation of <a href="codingconventions.html#ChangeLogs">ChangeLog format</a>.</li> <li>Make sure to rebuild any generated files affected by
