knoblog: a changelog of default-parameter changes from git history (Nav2, PX4, ArduPilot), feedback wanted

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Key Architectural Takeaway

Hi all, I’ve been building a small tool called knoblog, and I’d like feedback from people who actually maintain or depend on parameter files.

Executive Summary

Hi all, I’ve been building a small tool called knoblog, and I’d like feedback from people who actually maintain or depend on parameter files. The problem: a default changes in a params file, the commit is called something like “update params”, and you find out when the robot behaves differently after an update. knoblog walks a repo’s git history, pulls out every parameter/gain/threshold/flag default from each commit, and writes down what changed, old → new, with the commit link.

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