From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eric S. Raymond" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-diff in non-VC buffer Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:49:29 -0400 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs Message-ID: <20071010214929.GB1297@thyrsus.com> References: <20071010173802.GC787@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1192052946 31914 80.91.229.12 (10 Oct 2007 21:49:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:49:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 10 23:49:04 2007 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 1IfjQN-0004Bl-Dq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:49:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IfjQH-0008Vl-Ns for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:48:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IfjQE-0008VL-6x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:48:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IfjQC-0008To-R8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:48:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IfjQC-0008Tl-KH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:48:52 -0400 Original-Received: from static-71-162-243-5.phlapa.fios.verizon.net ([71.162.243.5] helo=snark) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IfjQC-0006FB-8P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:48:52 -0400 Original-Received: by snark (Postfix, from userid 23) id 89AAE3807B; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:49:29 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:80550 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero : > On 10/10/07, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > > A recursive check for version differences is not what you expected? > > It seems the most natural thing to do there. > > When I'm visiting a file that is not under any version control system, > then no, I don't expect a recursive check. I expect an error message. Hm. Even if there are other version-controlled files beneath the current directory? I can change this behavior. But I was preserving an earlier capability to say, in effect, "tell me what has changed under this directory, *without* making me list all the files to diff". I think people are likely to become quite upset with me if I remove that. -- Eric S. Raymond