grep-changelog(1)

NAME
grep-changelog - print ChangeLog entries matching criteria

SYNOPSIS
grep-changelog [options] [CHANGELOG...]

DESCRIPTION
grep-changelog searches the named CHANGELOGs (by default files matching the regular expressions ChangeLog and ChangeLog\.[0-9]+) for entries matching the specified criteria. At least one option or file must be specified. This program is distributed with GNU Emacs.

OPTIONS
The program accepts unambiguous abbreviations for option names.

--author=AUTHOR
    Print entries whose author matches regular expression AUTHOR.

--text=TEXT
    Print entries whose text matches regular expression TEXT.

--exclude=TEXT
    Exclude entries matching regular expression TEXT.

--from-date=YYYY-MM-DD
    Only consider entries made on or after the given date. ChangeLog date entries not in the “YYYY-MM-DD” format are never matched.

--to-date=YYYY-MM-DD
    Only consider entries made on or before the given date.

--rcs-log
    Print output in a format suitable for RCS log entries. This format removes author lines, leading spaces, and file names.

--with-date
    In RCS log format, print short dates.

--reverse
    Show matches in reverse order.

--version
    Display version information.

--help
    Display basic usage information.

COPYING
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