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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: vc-rename-file doesn't work for CVS
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:07:14 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvvez32ev3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.4.58.0511081259260.73750@elk.uvm.edu> (Aaron S. Hawley's message of "Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:03:03 -0500 (EST)")

> I guess that does make sense.  Isn't that different across backends?
> Shouldn't something like the following be mentioned in the manual?

> *** files.texi	31 Oct 2005 13:56:40 -0500	1.121
> --- files.texi	08 Nov 2005 13:00:38 -0500
> ***************
> *** 2573,2578 ****
> --- 2573,2583 ----
>   snapshot thus modified may not completely work (@pxref{Snapshot
>   Caveats}).

> +   Some backends do not provide an explicit rename operation to their
> + repositories.  After issuing @code{vc-rename-file}, use @kbd{C-x v v}
> + on the original and renamed buffers and provide the necessary edit
> + log.
> +
>     You cannot use @code{vc-rename-file} on a file that is locked by
>   someone else.

That sounds right,


        Stefan

  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-08 18:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-29 10:13 vc-rename-file doesn't work for CVS Zhang Wei
2005-11-04 20:11 ` Aaron S. Hawley
2005-11-04 20:53   ` Stefan Monnier
2005-11-08 18:03     ` Aaron S. Hawley
2005-11-08 18:07       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2005-11-09  2:57       ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-17  0:04         ` Aaron S. Hawley
2005-11-17  2:28           ` Stefan Monnier
2005-11-18 16:55           ` Richard M. Stallman

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