Make find-change-log prefer a VCS root, if no ChangeLog exists.

* lisp/vc/add-log.el (change-log-directory-files): New option.
(find-change-log): Respect change-log-directory-files.
* doc/emacs/maintaining.texi (Change Log Commands):
Mention change-log-directory-files.
; * etc/NEWS: Mention this.

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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 2fdcc7eca08..31504325587 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ in these situations.
 
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 25.2
 
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+** The commands that add ChangeLog entries now prefer a VCS root directory
+for the ChangeLog file, if none already exists.  Customize
+`change-log-directory-files' to nil for the old behavior.
+
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 ** Support for non-string values of `time-stamp-format' has been removed.