From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: RCS: (vc-next-action 1) only New Backend Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:34:37 +0300 Message-ID: <83vbb6puiq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87mvwjohyi.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <838u83r6hl.fsf@gnu.org> <87k2rn5ucg.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <837fnmrizs.fsf@gnu.org> <877fnm4wzn.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <876136lr83.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83zj0ipxte.fsf@gnu.org> <87pp1e3g42.fsf@mat.ucm.es> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1442658922 19065 80.91.229.3 (19 Sep 2015 10:35:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 10:35:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: oub@mat.ucm.es, dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Uwe Brauer Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 19 12:35:13 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZdFU8-00026o-MW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:35:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45012 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZdFU8-0007lb-0N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Sep 2015 06:35:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39535) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZdFTk-0007iN-AA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Sep 2015 06:34:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZdFTj-0007oh-JC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Sep 2015 06:34:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout25.012.net.il ([80.179.55.181]:55059) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZdFTe-0007j5-PF; Sat, 19 Sep 2015 06:34:42 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout25.012.net.il by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NUX001006ICUA00@mtaout25.012.net.il>; Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:31:31 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NUX00EB16KJM4C0@mtaout25.012.net.il>; Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:31:31 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87pp1e3g42.fsf@mat.ucm.es> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:190092 Archived-At: > From: Uwe Brauer > Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:36:45 +0200 > Cc: oub@mat.ucm.es, David Kastrup , emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > However, the Emacs manual still says it's possible: > > > When you give a prefix argument to `vc-next-action' (`C-u C-x v v'), it > > still performs the next logical version control operation, but accepts > > additional arguments to specify precisely how to do the operation. > > > * You can specify the name of a version control system. This is > > useful if the fileset can be managed by more than one version > > control system, and Emacs fails to detect the correct one. > > > * Otherwise, if using CVS or RCS, you can specify a revision ID. > > > If the fileset is modified (or locked), this makes Emacs commit > > with that revision ID. You can create a new branch by supplying an > > appropriate revision ID (*note Branches::). > > But as we see from the relevant functions I posted in my last email, > that functionality is gone, so it seems that the manual is a bit outdated. Not any longer.