Re: Adding commit details to SGML release notes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Bruce Momjian wrote:

> To simplify the creation of the release note with the commit tag as an
> SGML comment, I think src/tools/git_changelog should be modified to
> output this string.  The format "trunc" feature was added in git 1.8.3. 
> Is that old enough for everyone?

Hmm, that's pretty new actually,

commit edca4152560522a431a51fc0a06147fc680b5b18
Author:     Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
AuthorDate: Fri May 24 11:34:46 2013 -0700
CommitDate: Fri May 24 11:34:46 2013 -0700
   Git 1.8.3


Since it's only needed by people preparing the release notes, I would
guess it's okay --- evidently Tom was able to use it.

Maybe an option is to use trunc when git 1.8.3 or newer is detected, and
plain (no trunc) otherwise?

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