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
next prev parent 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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