From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paul R Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Redesigh of the VC front end Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 22:00:11 +0200 Message-ID: <8763trtd84.fsf@gmail.com> 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> <200805061945.m46JjEDL023418@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210104037 9052 80.91.229.12 (6 May 2008 20:00:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 20:00:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, "Eric S. Raymond" , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 06 22:01:11 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 1JtTLU-0005tt-Mc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 22:01:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53714 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JtTKn-0003z3-0S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 16:00:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JtTKi-0003yj-M0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 16:00:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JtTKh-0003yN-Ud for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 16:00:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56820 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JtTKh-0003yJ-Q8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 16:00:15 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.154]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JtTKh-0005V8-9q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 16:00:15 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so1525757fgb.30 for ; Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:to:cc:subject:references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=erWrBYVerjzZt1Fq6wVb9vmtn7EJrg/FZmc+TKXjYwQ=; b=wkbrEvGA0BEB7srKmhf7prfe1PTUgoeOxNDdNFyzlAe9T0CLbTmY6QVYSXM69MnMBvPXjrDNlxDYGzMLzbAWgAGUHX66EZoyjeV5zVeDSOAa5Ya0CrCbhUrsClGaNMX2vDYbDYFfquGVKjKL24QsPRqWRrSS7UYOEauf8TzPRiY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=to:cc:subject:references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=xOQAC4C5Wf/pXSV26Ufo76ecPYXhppRVZ+fu+H/IMlpwEPaUPA7BCUPZlc6nxVGtmH4IMYjzjv8vDoIy2vycMzsy+b55nvbrcohdcIzxTNEriMtZLgstIDONvHfX+TkatJF4N5iCHdjfOMD4uXSfxvdx/DcyR7sa1YfqNJkoco4= Original-Received: by 10.86.84.5 with SMTP id h5mr2353594fgb.11.1210104013746; Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ubuT42 ( [90.53.24.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j10sm1984976mue.6.2008.05.06.13.00.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200805061945.m46JjEDL023418@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Tue\, 06 May 2008 12\:45\:13 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:96613 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > "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. Dan is right. For VC needs I can think of, mercurial can handle directory itself and do "the right thing". My orignal post was to point out that mercurial *infers* directories structure from the paths of the files it handles. This seems compatible with VC usages. -- Paul