Re: [gentoo-user] what about dracut and systemd?

[Rich Freeman]

On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 12:47 AM, John Covici <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 <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