Re: [Aside] Generating commit messages for Org

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 04:27:45 +0800, Timothy <tecosaur@gmail.com> said:

    Timothy> Hi All,
    Timothy> A few hours ago I noticed that I’ve made a few very minor mistakes 
in some of my
    Timothy> recent commit messages for Org. Realistically I don’t think I’m 
going to stop
    Timothy> making occasional mistake any time soon, eve if they do become 
rarer. So, I’ve
    Timothy> whipped up a magit hook that looks at the diff and fills in a 
/correct/ skeleton
    Timothy> in the commit message buffer.

    Timothy> For example, here’s what I get if a queue a few of my currently 
unstaged changes
    Timothy> ┌────
    Timothy> │ * lisp/org.el (org-place-formula-image, org-format-latex):
    Timothy> │ 
    Timothy> │ * lisp/org-macs.el (org-compile-file, org-async-queue):
    Timothy> └────

    Timothy> This currently works with elisp functions/variables/etc. and 
headings from
    Timothy> documentation files. I’m sure it has a few rough edges, but it’s 
looking
    Timothy> promising so far.

I suggest you look at `add-change-log-entry-other-window' and/or
`magit-generate-changelog'.

Robert
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