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leio@jaw ~/dev/overlay/gnome-perf/gnome-base/gnome-applets $ git rm gnome-applets-2.16.0.1.ebuild files/* Manifest
rm 'gnome-base/gnome-applets/Manifest'
rm 'gnome-base/gnome-applets/files/digest-gnome-applets-2.16.0.1'
rm 'gnome-base/gnome-applets/files/gnome-applets-2.16.0.1-desktop-clicks.patch'
rm 'gnome-base/gnome-applets/files/gnome-applets-2.16.0.1-poll-less-battstat.patch'
rm 'gnome-base/gnome-applets/gnome-applets-2.16.0.1.ebuild'
leio@jaw ~/dev/overlay/gnome-perf/gnome-base/gnome-applets $ echangelog 'Remove old, these were all integrated upstream for ~2.18 time'
No CVS, .git, .svn directories found, what kind of repo is this? at /usr/bin/echangelog line 53.
leio@jaw ~/dev/overlay/gnome-perf/gnome-base/gnome-applets $ ~/echangelog 'Remove old, these were all integrated upstream for ~2.18 time'
--- ChangeLog   2007-12-27 15:05:32.000000000 +0200
+++ ChangeLog.new       2007-12-27 15:07:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 # ChangeLog for gnome-base/gnome-applets
-# Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
+# Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
 # $Header: $
 
+  27 Dec 2007; Mart Raudsepp <leio@gentoo.org>
+  -digest-gnome-applets-2.16.0.1,
+  -gnome-applets-2.16.0.1-desktop-clicks.patch,
+  -gnome-applets-2.16.0.1-poll-less-battstat.patch:
+  Remove old, these were all integrated upstream for ~2.18 time
+
   23 Sep 2006; Mart Raudsepp <leio@gentoo.org> ChangeLog:
   Sync with portage (HAL is mandatory).
 
leio@jaw ~/dev/overlay/gnome-perf/gnome-base/gnome-applets $ diff -u /usr/bin/echangelog /home/leio/echangelog 
--- /usr/bin/echangelog 2007-06-07 09:49:34.000000000 +0300
+++ /home/leio/echangelog       2007-12-27 15:07:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
    $vcs = "cvs";
 } elsif ( -d '.svn' ) {
     $vcs = "svn";
-} elsif ( -d '/usr/bin/git' and open GIT, "git rev-parse --git-dir |" ) {
+} elsif ( open GIT, "git rev-parse --git-dir |" ) {
     $vcs = "git";
     close GIT;
 } else {