From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier via "Emacs development discussions." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [package-vc] Consider cleaning up files from install process Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:08:07 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87il86lis7.fsf@breatheoutbreathe.in> <87h6nqbkmq.fsf@posteo.net> <445b1a43-23a8-f6f3-08f6-82db6ed4adc6@alphapapa.net> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33703"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:ursamAKmtyYbXT++XI1OJY5kFN0= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 20 14:10:45 2023 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 1qiw2V-0008Yv-O0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:10:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qiw25-0005oA-EA; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:10:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qiw1v-0005kS-RB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:10:07 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qiw1s-0003ps-QR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:10:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qiw1q-0007Wf-IW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:10:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:310827 Archived-At: > In other words, the way package-vc-install currently works leaves me > vulnerable to this scenario: > > 1. I use package-vc-install to install one of my packages from its local > repository directory. > 2. I check out a feature branch of that package to work on a new feature, > saving some files but not loading any of the changed code. > 3. I restart Emacs (e.g. maybe I shut down the system and turned it back on > the next day). > 4. That work-in-progress feature branch of my package gets loaded into > Emacs automatically (which may be entirely broken, being a WIP). Not sure why you consider that a problem. That's the whole purpose of installing straight from the VCS rather than from a tarball. If you don't want your Emacs to use that work-in-progress feature branch, then work on it elsewhere than in the VCS clone that was created specifically to be used in-place. E.g. use `git worktree`. > Philip, would you be willing to consider switching to that model for > package-vc-install, or offering it as an option? The option already exists, it's called `git worktree` :-) Switching to "that model" wholesale would prevent the current use where you can edit the *live* files. Stefan