Re: vc-git doesn't select current revision in vc-print-log

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

"Chris Moore" <christopher.ian.moore@gmail.com> writes:

  > Using "C-x v l" to show a file's revision history is supposed to
  > select the current version in the log, but for git-controlled files it
  > leaves point at the end.
  > 
  > This is because (log-view-goto-rev rev) is called with REV bound to a
  > branch name ("master", or whatever), but log-view-goto-rev can only
  > match on the SHA1 hashes.
  > 
  > It turns out that the current revision is always the first one in the
  > list, since vc-print-log lists from the currently selected version
  > backwards, so adding the following to vc-git.el fixes the problem:
  > 
  > (defun vc-git-show-log-entry (rev)
  >   (goto-char (point-min))
  >   (log-view-msg-next))

That won't be correct, it ignores the rev argument. 

If you want to work on this please talk to the vc-git author.  I have
talked to him about this issue and he was thinking about a
solution...