Lessen focus on ChangeLog files, as opposed to change log entries.

This is in preparation for generating the former automatically
from the latter.
* admin/notes/bugtracker, admin/notes/copyright, admin/notes/newfile:
ChangeLog -> change log
* admin/notes/changelogs: Remove, merging old contents to ...
* admin/notes/repo: ... here.
* doc/emacs/maintaining.texi (Change Log): Mention that ChangeLog files may
be copied to or from a version control system.
* doc/emacs/trouble.texi (Sending Patches): Point to the commit messages.
* doc/lispref/intro.texi (Acknowledgments): ChangeLog file -> change log entries.
* doc/lispref/tips.texi (Library Headers): Emacs uses a version control system.
* etc/CONTRIBUTE: Give advice about git commit messages and how
to generate proposed patches containing them.

6 files changed, 25 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index a72c2a8915c..e307ff3bd3a 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2014-11-19  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+        Lessen focus on ChangeLog files, as opposed to change log entries.
+        * maintaining.texi (Change Log): Mention that ChangeLog files may
+        be copied to or from a version control system.
+        * trouble.texi (Sending Patches): Point to the commit messages.
+
 2014-11-19  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * maintaining.texi (Switching Branches): Mention "C-x v r".
diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
index fef3cdea529..dd1c8269096 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
@@ -1474,9 +1474,11 @@ different revision with @kbd{C-u C-x v v}.
 @cindex change log
   Many software projects keep a @dfn{change log}.  This is a file,
 normally named @file{ChangeLog}, containing a chronological record of
-when and how the program was changed.  Sometimes, there are several
-change log files, each recording the changes in one directory or
-directory tree.
+when and how the program was changed.  Sometimes, these files are
+automatically generated from the change log entries stored in version
+control systems, or are used to generate these change log entries.
+Sometimes, there are several change log files, each recording the
+changes in one directory or directory tree.
 
 @menu
 * Change Log Commands:: Commands for editing change log files.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/trouble.texi b/doc/emacs/trouble.texi
index 09260a1e5a9..5f3cf9223eb 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/trouble.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/trouble.texi
@@ -1137,9 +1137,9 @@ new function, all you need to say about it is that it is new.  If you
 feel that the purpose needs explaining, it probably does---but put the
 explanation in comments in the code.  It will be more useful there.
 
-Please read the @file{ChangeLog} files in the @file{src} and
-@file{lisp} directories to see what sorts of information to put in,
-and to learn the style that we use.  @xref{Change Log}.
+Please look at the change log entries of recent commits to see what
+sorts of information to put in, and to learn the style that we use.
+@xref{Change Log}.
 
 @item
 When you write the fix, keep in mind that we can't install a change that
diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 9123194d7eb..363e7aecd33 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-11-19  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+        Lessen focus on ChangeLog files, as opposed to change log entries.
+        * intro.texi (Acknowledgments): ChangeLog file -> change log entries.
+        * tips.texi (Library Headers): Emacs uses a version control system.
+
 2014-11-09  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * Makefile.in (version): Remove variable.
diff --git a/doc/lispref/intro.texi b/doc/lispref/intro.texi
index 0c5346fbb63..1cd79bb2265 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/intro.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/intro.texi
@@ -552,4 +552,4 @@ Trost, Rickard Westman, Jean White, Eduard Wiebe, Matthew Wilding,
 Carl Witty, Dale Worley, Rusty Wright, and David D. Zuhn.
 
   For a more complete list of contributors, please see the relevant
-ChangeLog file in the Emacs sources.
+change log entries in the Emacs source repository.
diff --git a/doc/lispref/tips.texi b/doc/lispref/tips.texi
index d8b906d3bfe..f7f07e8fb74 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/tips.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/tips.texi
@@ -1062,9 +1062,9 @@ context.
 @item ;;; Change Log:
 This begins an optional log of changes to the file over time.  Don't
 put too much information in this section---it is better to keep the
-detailed logs in a separate @file{ChangeLog} file (as Emacs does),
-and/or to use a version control system.  @samp{History} is an
-alternative to @samp{Change Log}.
+detailed logs in a version control system (as Emacs does) or in a
+separate @file{ChangeLog} file.  @samp{History} is an alternative to
+@samp{Change Log}.
 
 @item ;;; Code:
 This begins the actual code of the program.