Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2017, #09; Fri, 30)

From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Jul 5, 2017, 07:30 UTC
Message-ID: <DEBF0737E2B74FC89FF1C4E4DB8AC45B@PhilipOakley>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfuedl1ct.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

From: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2017 9:19 PM

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> "Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
>
>> Am I right that the What's cooking  is prepared by a script?
>
> Because I have to keep track of so many topics, its maintenance is
> heavily helped by a script. I do not think it is sensible to expect
> me to (or it would be good use of my time) correctly update the list
> of commits manually every time a topic is replaced with its new
> version.
>

Definately. I was hoping that a 'contents list' element (at the point of sending the emails) could also be part of the automated scripting.

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> But I consider the use of the script just like my use of Emacs to
> edit the final end result.  Yes, I use tools to prepare it, and the
> tools know certain rules that I prefer to apply to the document,
> such as "a topic that has not been touched since the previous issue
> by default does not need its description updated."
>
> Does that answer your question?
>

I see the script's location is given in a follow up response. I'll see what opportunities for a TOC there may be within the flow, though my local todo list is getting a bit long with other personal matters. -- Philip