On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 06:17:31 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 12:47 AM, John Covici <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 22:01:24 -0400, > > Rich Freeman wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 9:47 PM, John Covici <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > >> > On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:13:24 -0400, > >> > > >> > I wonder if its because I am still using rsync to sync the portage > >> > directory? There are no changelogs anywhere! or nothing by that name. > >> > > >> > >> Ah, looks like they were removed entirely from rsync. It was months > >> ago and I don't use rsync so I'd half forgotten what the outcome was. > >> > >> There is apparently an rsync repository that only contains Changelogs > >> if you want them, but honestly it is probably easier to just check git > >> logs. If you run git whatchanged path you'll get the equivalent of > >> the Changelog for that path. > > > > If I do that I get the following: fatal: Not a git repository (or any > > parent up to mount point /usr) > > Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not > > set). > > > > This only works in a git repository. > > cd /var/tmp > git clone https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo.git > cd gentoo/cat/package > git whatchanged . > > You can also just browse the history online: > https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo > > Browse to the desired directory, and then hit the history button.
OK, I changed to a git repository and did a git whatchanged, but in the directory I was looking at namely sys-kernel/dracut, I just got a generated commit from about the time I created the repository and none of the previous history. Maybe from now on I will get something better. Thanks again. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com