From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-modify-change-comment for "modern" backend fix Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 14:31:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29602"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Alfred M. Szmidt" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue May 17 20:32:36 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nr1zm-0007N7-Nz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 17 May 2022 20:32:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59996 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nr1zl-00045E-Lg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 17 May 2022 14:32:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54102) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nr1yq-00028p-Dy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 May 2022 14:31:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:46969) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nr1yn-0005Ga-Iz; Tue, 17 May 2022 14:31:35 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id AAEE1100788; Tue, 17 May 2022 14:31:31 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 1B213100328; Tue, 17 May 2022 14:31:30 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1652812290; bh=xaE5u7JQiI9R8WzKwYWptYmmMFxoV2ymOm7BBIuCBzg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=PxPWVkr2q71jn9cpRJvLCCqPuLKiP3s28a6maoyYHuKtIFEq/n1GaxEszy27KoETN JhrxSlSxe7eO0BMoYUQtOrJqLkMmP6QIPKQWMeIfKE7QPSiY9JmSBR3rAL1FyKK1qy d6JEzLCmAZIaZfryxVr5YQ0NR2nDvARtv2uFR7Q06bSm+RqEea2SZ7hfSpcbiVn/YF R7Gx/Kf69yerye1fhNwltIwbHsr48uE4Q7nV+YdYRfAeYU2cr918Wgv3xGUhg9dVpL W5f8JrNsDSfeLvg/9YK6ReLUrksKeCZXRRB84/jHArxDi64jSYhpJs06iIMSiZQPcn UUJnF+/l7K8Zg== Original-Received: from pastel (unknown [45.72.221.51]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E648A120E87; Tue, 17 May 2022 14:31:29 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Tue, 17 May 2022 04:36:56 -0400") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:289866 Archived-At: > Ideally, this should get the actual commit message directly from the > backend for a file / revision; but there is no good function for doing > that -- vc-print-log is the closest, but the output of that depends on > the backend. > What would be the best way to go about getting just the commit message > in a semi-backend-agnostic manner? Add a new backend operation? Note that maybe you don't want "just the commit message text" because you may want to preserve extra info such as the `Author:`. Stefan