From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Redesigh of the VC front end Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 12:45:13 -0700 Message-ID: <200805061945.m46JjEDL023418@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <20080506003943.80ED89F054C@snark.thyrsus.com> <200805060200.m4620Sw7023511@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <20080506074809.GA23773@thyrsus.com> <200805061144.m46BiDqa012936@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <20080506162247.GD10771@thyrsus.com> <87myn3tma4.fsf@gmail.com> <20080506182254.GA11192@thyrsus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210103187 5880 80.91.229.12 (6 May 2008 19:46:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 19:46:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Eric S. Raymond" , Paul R , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: esr@thyrsus.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 06 21:47:02 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JtT7r-0000DI-Ir for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 21:46:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42009 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JtT79-0007jg-TQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 15:46:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JtT76-0007jE-0v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 15:46:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JtT75-0007id-AA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 15:46:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42056 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JtT75-0007iX-6f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 15:46:11 -0400 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JtT74-0001xL-SJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 15:46:11 -0400 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1210707915.52493@ycx+9P3sKXCYmmkji1CRcQ Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m46JjEDL023418; Tue, 6 May 2008 12:45:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20080506182254.GA11192@thyrsus.com> (Eric S. Raymond's message of "Tue, 6 May 2008 14:22:54 -0400") Original-Lines: 17 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:96612 Archived-At: "Eric S. Raymond" writes: > Paul R : > > "Eric S. Raymond" writes: > > > > > Ah, that's good to know. I know that SCCS and RCS don't do directory > > > arguments at all, and I believe that Subversion and everything after > > > handles them pretty well. > > > > Mercurial does not manage directories at all, but it will not complain > > if passed a directory as parameter where a file is expected. It will > > silently do nothing. > > Then I have to do filename expansion there, too. All evidence until now points to the contrary, nothing should be needed for mercurial.