grep-changelog.emacs24 (1)

grep-changelog [options] [CHANGELOG.\|.\|.]

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.

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.

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