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: VC mode and git Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:54:41 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20150324163714.GA27775@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427367423 1373 80.91.229.3 (26 Mar 2015 10:57:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:57:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: esr@thyrsus.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 26 11:56:56 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 1Yb5Sz-0006GA-2e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:56:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43773 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5Sy-00015i-Kc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:56:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53219) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5Qz-00078q-2F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:54:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5Qx-0001yi-Q3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:54:44 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38430) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5Qx-0001yY-Mh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:54:43 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb5Qv-0006vp-8j; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:54:41 -0400 In-reply-to: <20150324163714.GA27775@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:184295 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. ]]] > > I think that C-x v v, when it commits changes, should also push them. > > This would make git more comparable to other version control systems. > > > > Does anyone see a reason not to? > Yes. It would mean VC mode could not be used to work on private development > branches. No it wouldn't. It would mean that some other little feature would be needed for private development branches. Why present an easily-address wrinkle as if it were an insuperable problem? > An important part of many DVCs workflows is that you can make experimental > changes that users of whatever shared repository your pushes go to don't see. I generally don't commit a change until I am ready to install it. But if you want to commit changes locally, it is easy to set up ways to do that. For instance, set a flag in that directory which would say "don't push automatically". -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.