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From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el
Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 08:54:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200305061255.h46Ct0D3011198@rum.cs.yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E19CzTB-0006Gx-00@fencepost.gnu.org

>     > In order for undo in Emacs to operate in a predictable and reliable
>     > way, it should undo the changes that you made with your editing.  If
>     > you want to undo the changes that came from CVS, that should be a
>     > separate command, designed to coordinate with CVS.  What I have in
>     > mind is a command to take out the changes that were made between a
>     > certain pair of versions.
> 
>     CVS generally doesn't know: the local file generally has local
>     modifications (otherwise, there's generally no interesting undo log
>     to worry about) so the merge done by `cvs update' is not the same
>     as the change recorded in the repository.
> 
> Are you saying vc-merge does not do this job?

Not quite.  Just like

    patch file <foo.diff
    patch -R file <foo.diff

does not always return the original file.


	Stefan

  reply	other threads:[~2003-05-06 12:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-14 20:22 4 minor suggestions for files.el Stefan Monnier
2003-04-15 19:14 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-04-15 20:16 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-04-16  4:40 ` Richard Stallman
2003-04-17 21:39   ` Stefan Monnier
2003-04-18 11:28     ` Richard Stallman
2003-04-18 13:24       ` Andre Spiegel
2003-04-18 14:23         ` Stefan Monnier
2003-04-18 14:36           ` Andre Spiegel
2003-04-18 14:40             ` Stefan Monnier
2003-04-19 19:11             ` Stefan Monnier
2003-04-22  0:45               ` Richard Stallman
2003-04-19 13:35         ` Richard Stallman
2003-04-29 21:07           ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-05 14:32             ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-05 14:52               ` Andre Spiegel
2003-05-06 10:14                 ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-06 10:56                   ` Andre Spiegel
2003-05-07 11:51                     ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-07 12:31                       ` Andre Spiegel
2003-05-07 14:26                         ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-09 11:20                         ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-06 13:00                   ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-07 11:50                     ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-05 14:57               ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-06 10:14                 ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-06 12:54                   ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2003-05-07 11:50                     ` Richard Stallman

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