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. -- Rich
