(diff-add-change-log-entries-other-window):

Rename from diff-create-changelog.  Change users.
Minor change to hopefully work with plain diffs.
(diff-mode-map): Add binding for it.

lisp/ChangeLog

+2008-02-05  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+	* diff-mode.el (diff-add-change-log-entries-other-window):
+	Rename from diff-create-changelog.  Change users.
+	Minor change to hopefully work with plain diffs.
+	(diff-mode-map): Add binding for it.
+
 2008-02-04  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
 	* diff-mode.el: Add new TODO entry.

lisp/diff-mode.el

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 
 ;; Todo:
 
-;; - Improve `diff-create-changelog', it is very simplistic now.
+;; - Improve `diff-add-change-log-entries-other-window',
+;;   it is very simplistic now.
 ;;  
 ;; - Add a `delete-after-apply' so C-c C-a automatically deletes hunks.
 ;;   Also allow C-c C-a to delete already-applied hunks.
@@ -151,6 +152,8 @@ when editing big diffs)."
   `(("\e" . ,diff-mode-shared-map)
     ;; From compilation-minor-mode.
     ("\C-c\C-c" . diff-goto-source)
+    ;; By analogy with the global C-x 4 a binding.
+    ("\C-x4A" . diff-add-change-log-entries-other-window)
     ;; Misc operations.
     ("\C-c\C-a" . diff-apply-hunk)
     ("\C-c\C-e" . diff-ediff-patch)
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ when editing big diffs)."
     ["Apply hunk"		diff-apply-hunk		t]
     ["Test applying hunk"	diff-test-hunk		t]
     ["Apply diff with Ediff"	diff-ediff-patch	t]
-    ["Create Change Log"        diff-create-changelog
+    ["Create Change Log entries" diff-add-change-log-entries-other-window
      :help "Create ChangeLog entries for the changes in the diff buffer"]
     "-----"
     ["Reverse direction"	diff-reverse-direction	t]
@@ -1729,8 +1732,9 @@ For use in `add-log-current-defun-function'."
                                   props 'diff-refine-preproc))))))))
 
 
-(defun diff-create-changelog ()
-  "Iterate through the current diff and create ChangeLog entries."
+(defun diff-add-change-log-entries-other-window ()
+  "Iterate through the current diff and create ChangeLog entries.
+I.e. like `add-change-log-entry-other-window' but applied to all hunks."
   (interactive)
   ;; XXX: Currently add-change-log-entry-other-window is only called
   ;; once per hunk.  Some hunks have multiple changes, it would be
@@ -1741,21 +1745,18 @@ For use in `add-log-current-defun-function'."
       (condition-case nil
 	  ;; Call add-change-log-entry-other-window for each hunk in
 	  ;; the diff buffer.
-	  (while t
-	    (set-buffer orig-buffer)
-	    (diff-hunk-next)
-	    (beginning-of-line)
-	    (while (not (looking-at "^ "))
-	      (forward-line 1))
-	    ;; Move to where the changes are,
-	    ;; `add-change-log-entry-other-window' works better in
-	    ;; that case.
-	    (while (not (looking-at "^[!+-]"))
-	      (forward-line 1))
-	    (add-change-log-entry-other-window)
-	    ;; Insert a "." so that the entries created don't get
-	    ;; merged.
-	    (insert "."))
+	  (while (progn
+                   (diff-hunk-next)
+                   ;; Move to where the changes are,
+                   ;; `add-change-log-entry-other-window' works better in
+                   ;; that case.
+                   (re-search-forward "\n[!+-<>]" nil t))
+            (save-excursion
+              (add-change-log-entry-other-window)
+              ;; Insert a "." so that the entries created don't get
+              ;; merged.
+              (insert ".")))
+        ;; When there's no more hunks, diff-hunk-next signals an error.
 	(error nil)))))
 
 ;; provide the package