[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 107154] New: prepare-ChangeLog is not smart enough to deal with Git branches

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107154

           Summary: prepare-ChangeLog is not smart enough to deal with Git
                    branches
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Tools / Tests
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: graouts at apple.com
                CC: webkit-bug-importer at group.apple.com


I do all of my WebKit work using Git branches where I basically have a branch per bug. One problem with that workflow is that if your branch is clean and has no pending code to commit, running prepare-ChangeLog will find nothing at all since it's not diff'ing vs. master. Using webkit-patch seems to deal with that fine, but sometimes you just want to use prepare-ChangeLog and the only solution I came up with was to merge the code onto master first before running prepare-ChangeLog which is annoying.

Maybe I'm missing something but I wish prepare-ChangeLog would always diff vs. master if you're using Git and not on the master branch.

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