This is what I started out working on,
before I noticed the "make distcheck" failures.
From 9fd0624b8cee33b8c725464d289cc5ce33ffc1c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <meyering(a)redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:54:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] generate ChangeLog from git logs into distribution tarball
No longer maintain a version-controlled ChangeLog file, but do
continue to include a ChangeLog file in distribution tarball.
* Makefile.am (gen-ChangeLog): New rule.
(dist-hook): Depend on it.
(EXTRA_DIST): Add ChangeLog-old.
* bootstrap (modules): Add gitlog-to-changelog.
* ChangeLog: Remove file. Renamed to...
* ChangeLog-old: ...this. New file.
* autogen.sh: Touch ChangeLog, to ensure it exists. For automake.
---
ChangeLog => ChangeLog-old | 2 +-
Makefile.am | 15 +++++++++++++++
autogen.sh | 3 +++
bootstrap | 1 +
build-aux/.gitignore | 1 +
5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
rename ChangeLog => ChangeLog-old (99%)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog-old
similarity index 99%
rename from ChangeLog
rename to ChangeLog-old
index b266de6..c3b41e2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog-old
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ Fri Apr 24 13:17:47 BST 2009 Daniel P. Berrange
<berrange(a)redhat.com>
Fix network config in XM driver
* src/xm_internal.c: Fix setting of bridge & script parameters
in VIF config
- * src/xend_internal.h, src/xend_internal.c: Export the
+ * src/xend_internal.h, src/xend_internal.c: Export the
default bridge script name to XM driver
* tests/xmconfigdata/*: Update to take account of script=
setting in VIF config
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c251f96..f9efff5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SUBDIRS = gnulib/lib include src qemud tools proxy docs gnulib/tests \
ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I gnulib/m4
EXTRA_DIST = \
+ ChangeLog-old \
libvirt.spec libvirt.spec.in \
mingw32-libvirt.spec.in \
libvirt.pc libvirt.pc.in \
@@ -49,3 +50,17 @@ clean-cov:
# disable this check
distuninstallcheck:
+
+dist-hook: gen-ChangeLog
+
+# Generate the ChangeLog file (with all entries since the switch to git)
+# and insert it into the directory we're about to use to create a tarball.
+gen_start_date = 2009-07-04
+.PHONY: gen-ChangeLog
+gen-ChangeLog:
+ if test -d .git; then \
+ $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog \
+ --since=$(gen_start_date) > $(distdir)/cl-t; \
+ rm -f $(distdir)/ChangeLog; \
+ mv $(distdir)/cl-t $(distdir)/ChangeLog; \
+ fi
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 788729f..c026112 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ if test -z "$*"; then
echo "to pass any to it, please specify them on the $0 command line."
fi
+# Automake requires that ChangeLog exist.
+touch ChangeLog
+
autopoint --force
#rm -rf m4
libtoolize --copy --force
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index b0de3df..0754d02 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ getaddrinfo
gethostname
getpass
gettext
+gitlog-to-changelog
gnumakefile
inet_pton
ioctl
diff --git a/build-aux/.gitignore b/build-aux/.gitignore
index af6c366..62188c1 100644
--- a/build-aux/.gitignore
+++ b/build-aux/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ mkinstalldirs
mktempd
/useless-if-before-free
/vc-list-files
+/gitlog-to-changelog
--
1.6.3.3.524.g8586b