Add notes to the manpage: DVCSes will not have ChangeLogs created automatically; there is no automatic pulling for DVCSes.
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\- prepends the commit message with package name(s).
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The script supports GIT, Mercurial and Subversion repositories. For
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the latter, it supports the native checkouts as well as git-svn.
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The script supports GIT, Mercurial, and Subversion repositories. For
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the latter, it supports native checkouts as well as git-svn.
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Please note that, when used with DVCSes, this script only performs the
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Please note that when used with DVCSes, this script only performs the
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actual commit. (It does not push or dcommit it to the repository).
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However, native Subversion commits are performed directly on the remote
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However, native Subversion commits are sent directly to the remote
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repository (due to limitations of Subversion).
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.SH OPTIONS
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@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ Ignored (provided for backwards compatibility). ChangeLog entries are
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now created as needed. Use \fB--trivial\fP to suppress creation of
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ChangeLog entries.
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Because of the nature of DVCSes, a ChangeLog will not be created for a
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new ebuild in a GIT or Mercurial repository. However, if the ebuild
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already has a ChangeLog file, it will be updated. One consideration is
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that if a ChangeLog file is maintained and the repository needs to be
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merged after two people adjust the same ebuild, the ChangeLog will
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cause merge conflicts. Also, viewing a DVCS's log does not require an
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Internet connection.
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.IP "\fB-C\fP, \fB--nocolor\fP"
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Disable colorful output (for terminals which do not support escape
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@ -46,8 +54,9 @@ sequences).
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.IP "\fB-d\fP, \fB--noupdate\fP"
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Do not update and rebase the repository before proceeding with
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the commit.
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Do not update and rebase the repository before proceeding with the
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commit. This option only applies to Subversion repositories. It makes
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no sense to automatically pull from remote DVCS repositories.
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.IP "\fB-f\fP, \fB--force\fP"
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@ -154,5 +163,6 @@ Michal Gorny <gentoo@mgorny.alt.pl>
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.BR ebuild (5),
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.BR echangelog (1),
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.BR git (1),
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.BR hg (1),
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.BR repoman (1),
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.BR svn (1)
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