From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Neal Becker Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Changes to vc-directory Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 06:05:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <18458.17360.990430.309650@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209722944 14218 80.91.229.12 (2 May 2008 10:09:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 10:09:04 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 02 12:09:40 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 1JrsCk-0005aJ-C1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 12:09:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34398 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JrsC1-0008Kn-KE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 06:08:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jrs95-0006jH-Iq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 06:05:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jrs94-0006hJ-E2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 06:05:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59624 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jrs94-0006h4-0m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 06:05:38 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jrs93-0000tG-Gq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 06:05:37 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Jrs8v-00033x-2Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 10:05:29 +0000 Original-Received: from 139.85.239.127 ([139.85.239.127]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 02 May 2008 10:05:29 +0000 Original-Received: from ndbecker2 by 139.85.239.127 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 02 May 2008 10:05:29 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 39 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.85.239.127 User-Agent: KNode/0.10.9 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:96317 Archived-At: Nick Roberts wrote: > > I have one installation of 23.0.60, a few weeks old. C-x v d runs > > vc-directory, which works great with Hg. I have a newer 23.0.60 cvs, > > and > > C-x v d runs vc-status. Not nearly as useful for me (vc-status shows > > all the junk files, and doesn't have nice key bindings for diff, for > > example). > > > > The Tools/version control menu has changed. I liked the old one - with > > Tools/version control/VC directory listing (C-x v d) bound to > > vc-directory. > > I think the plan is for vc-status (now vc-dir) to replace vc-directory. > You appear to have three choices: > > 1) Use an old Emacs and not get the features of newer versions. > > 2) Bind vc-directory to "C-x v d" in your .emacs. knowing that this > command > will eventually disappear. > > 3) Start to use vc-dir and contribute to it's development so that it does > what you want it to do. > My workflow: 1) vc-dir to show me what is modified 2) vc-diff on a file to show me the diff 3) vc-ci (or whatever) to commit the change Here's what I'd like: 1) A menu entry to vc-dir to hide uninteresting files. Often I have many test results that are not revision controlled. 2) Something equivalent to #2 and #3 above 3) Also, a few less-used options, such as revert or delete.