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Subject: Re: Auto update ChangeLog for binutils+gdb commits?
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On 5/29/20 2:15 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
> merges, rebases, and date-updating; and Emacs provides direct support

About the date-updating: it's also pain to always update a timestamp before
a patch is installed. We recommend not using an author line and datestamp and
both these information can be taken from a git commit.

Martin