[NEWS] mention improvement to JSON log detection

.github/workflows/bins.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ on:
       - master
     paths-ignore:
       - docs
+      - README.md
+      - NEWS.md
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       lnav_version_number:

.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ on:
     branches: [ master ]
     paths-ignore:
       - docs
+      - README.md
+      - NEWS.md
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
 

.github/workflows/tailer-ape.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ name: tailer-ape
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ master ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - docs
+      - README.md
+      - NEWS.md
 
 jobs:
   build:

NEWS.md

@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ Features:
   `prefix` and `suffix` to `line-format` elements so a
   string can optionally be prepended/appended if the value
   is not empty.
+* JSON log format detection has been improved to not rely
+  on matching the file name.  All possible formats are
+  tried and the one with the most available fields for a
+  given `line-format` is used.  For example, if the first
+  log message has 8 fields and format A contains 5 of
+  those fields in its `line-format` while format B only
+  contains 2 of those fields in its `line-format`, format
+  A will be used for the file.
 
 Changes:
 * For JSON-lines logs, line-feeds at the end of a value are