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(pcl-cvs)Log Edit Mode

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Enter node , (file) or (file)node

Editing a Log Message
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   Buffers for entering/editing log messages for changes which are about
to be committed are put into Log Edit mode.

   Sometimes the log buffer contains default text when you enter it,
typically the last log message entered.  If it does, mark and point are
set around the entire contents of the buffer so that it is easy to kill
the contents of the buffer with `C-w'.

   If you work by writing entries in the `ChangeLog' (Note:
(emacs)Change Log) and then commit the change under revision control,
you can generate the Log Edit text from the ChangeLog using `C-a C-a'
(`log-edit-insert-changelog').  This looks for entries for the file(s)
concerned in the top entry in the ChangeLog and uses those paragraphs
as the log text.  This text is only inserted if the top entry was made
under your user name on the current date.  Note: (emacs)Change Logs and
VC, for the opposite way of working--generating ChangeLog entries
from the revision control log.

   In the Log Edit buffer, `C-c C-f' (`M-x log-edit-show-files') shows
the list of files to be committed in case you need to check that.

   When you have finished editing the log message, type `C-c C-c' to
exit the buffer and commit the change.