From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:05:34 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Add comments suggesting usage of git_changelog to generate release notes.
X-Git-Tag: REL9_2_BETA1~75
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f33fe47a9169eec692b80c17ea47bd2f9c261aaf;p=postgresql

Add comments suggesting usage of git_changelog to generate release notes.
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diff --git a/src/tools/git_changelog b/src/tools/git_changelog
index ee27764ae6..2b4398cdba 100755
--- a/src/tools/git_changelog
+++ b/src/tools/git_changelog
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 # we sort a merged commit according to its timestamp on the newest branch
 # it appears in.
 #
+# Typical usage to generate major release notes:
+#   pggitlog --since '2010-07-09 00:00:00' --master-only --oldest-first --details-after
+#
+# To find the branch start date, use:
+#   pggit show $(git merge-base REL9_0_STABLE master)
+
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;