From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Removing rollback from VC mode - request for comment Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:46:40 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20141211092138.6D5F6C008E@snark.thyrsus.com> <20141211183649.GE581@thyrsus.com> <20141212174501.GB26351@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418474849 24273 80.91.229.3 (13 Dec 2014 12:47:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:47:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@snark.thyrsus.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: esr@thyrsus.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 13 13:47:24 2014 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 1Xzm6U-0005YN-Me for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:47:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32777 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzm6U-0006HF-89 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:47:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56824) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzm66-00062B-Ri for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:46:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzm65-0002WV-QL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:46:58 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37926) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzm65-0002WR-O0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:46:57 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzm5o-0001P0-Hw; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:46:40 -0500 In-reply-to: <20141212174501.GB26351@thyrsus.com> (esr@thyrsus.com) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:179992 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > That was always the reason I used vc-rollback, and it seemed to do > > that job just fine. What's lacking? > Leaving the *modified* workfile in place rather than reverting it. That's not a bug, that's a feature. When I used C-x v c, I wanted to cancel the last checkin and keep the current file contents. Then I would do a new checkin. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.