Linux Tools Project - Changelog Plug-in

Overview

The Linux Distributions Changelog plugin adds automatic ChangeLog entry creation support to Eclipse for projects checked out from a Team repository. Method and function indication is provided for C, C++, and Java language files. A ChangeLog entry can be created for a single file or an entire project. In addition, a ChangeLog editor is provided which makes it easy to format the file consistently and to put the latest entry into the clipboard buffer for usage in a repository commit operation.

Current Status

In conjunction with Eclipse 3.4.1 and CDT 5.0.1, the plugin supports:

• C, C++, and Java language support for modified functions/methods
• Preference page to set name, e-mail address, and desired entry style
• Automatic new and removed file entries
• Support in Team synchronize view as well as C View and Project Views, C Editor, and Java Editor
• Single ChangeLog entry for current file
• Full entry for entire project
• Tested with CVS and SVN repositories
• Colorized ChangeLog editor with support for diffing to clipboard
• Short-cut key sequences CTL+ALT+P for project entry and CTL+ALT+C for single entry

Future Plans

• git and mercurial support

Screenshots

Changelog sample

Demos

ChangeLog demo in ogg format

Try it out

At present we have no update site, but you can check the project plugins out of SVN directly from eclipse.org at svn://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/technology/org.eclipse.linuxtools. You will need to check out the following from changelog/trunk:

     org.eclipse.linuxtools.changelog.core
     org.eclipes.linuxtools.changelog-feature
     org.eclipse.linuxtools.changelog.cparser
     org.eclipse.linuxtools.changelog.doc
     org.eclipse.linuxtools.changelog.javaparser

From there, run the plugins as an Eclipse Application.