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Re: [RFC] Add a .gitattributes file for use with git-merge-changelog
- From: Samuel Bronson <naesten at gmail dot com>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org,gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:01:39 -0400
- Subject: Re: [RFC] Add a .gitattributes file for use with git-merge-changelog
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Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:
>>>>>> "Samuel" == Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Samuel> [Am I really supposed to CC this to gcc@ like binutils/MAINTAINERS
> Samuel> says I should?]
>
> I think just for files that are intended to be put in both trees and
> shared.
Well, they're certainly welcome to add such a file to their repository.
> Samuel> Individual users will still have to:
> Samuel> 1. Install git-merge-changelog
> Samuel> 2. Set up the merge driver in their git config
>
> What happens if they do not?
Not much; git just falls back to the default ("text") merge driver in
that case. (This appears to have been so obvious that nobody actually
bothered to document it?)
I find myself wondering: how much commentary should go into the
.gitattributes file, and do such files get ChangeLog entries?
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