autogenerating debian/NEWS (was: TopGit: Is there still a need for a long-lived build branch?)

[martin f krafft]

also sprach James Vega <jamessan at debian.org> [2009.05.05.2135 +0200]:
> Files that are purely a result of the final integration (like
> debian/changelog, debian/NEWS, and debian/patches/*) only exist in the
> integration branch.  This provides a clean separation between the
> changes I'm actively making to handle the debianization of the upstream
> source and the changes that are only being made in the process of an
> upload.

How do you generate debian/NEWS?

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