Editing Changelog (section)

==Format==
Changelog files are organized by paragraphs, which define a unique change within a function or file.
The [[GNU coding standards|GNU Coding standards]] recommend the following format:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Style-of-Change-Logs.html |title=GNU Coding Standards: Style of Change Logs |website=Gnu.org |access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref>
<pre>
YYYY-MM-DD␣␣John Doe␣␣<johndoe@example.com>

    * myfile.ext (myfunction): my changes made
    additional changes.

    * myfile.ext (unrelated_change): my changes made
    to myfile.ext but completely unrelated to the above.

    * anotherfile.ext (somefunction): more changes made by me.
</pre>

Between the date and the name, and again between the name and the email address, there are two spaces each. It is common to enclose the email address in &lt; and &gt;. The [[Emacs |Emacs editor]] creates such entries when creating additional changelog entries.