How To Install git2cl on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install git2cl in Fedora 36. git2cl is Converts git logs to GNU style ChangeLog format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git2cl on Fedora 36.

What is `git2cl`

A quick tool to convert git logs to GNU ChangeLog format. The tool invokes git log internally unless you pipe a log to it.

We can use yum or dnf to install git2cl on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git2cl.

Install git2cl on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install git2cl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install git2cl

Install git2cl on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install git2cl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install git2cl

How To Uninstall git2cl on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the git2cl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove git2cl

git2cl Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/git2cl
/usr/share/doc/git2cl
/usr/share/doc/git2cl/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/git2cl/README

References

git2cl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install git2cl on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).