From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: VC state Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:13:39 -0700 Message-ID: <200804101413.m3AEDdjd019609@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <200804061740.m36Hemw8021394@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200804082045.m38KjG5p029421@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200804090307.m3937emd022768@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <18428.15723.176227.750017@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200804092254.m39Ms92q011551@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <18429.53477.115936.800815@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207837184 10368 80.91.229.12 (10 Apr 2008 14:19:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:19:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Nick Roberts Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 10 16:20:16 2008 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 1Jjxai-0007U1-15 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:17:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jjxa4-00033s-6K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:16:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JjxZz-00031L-CR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:16:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JjxZy-000304-0U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:16:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JjxZx-0002zw-Pe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:16:41 -0400 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JjxZx-0004Q5-8i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:16:41 -0400 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1208441624.77861@1Pc6/Tv5iWmNwnuXoE0F2A Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m3AEDdjd019609; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:13:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <18429.53477.115936.800815@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:33:41 +1200") Original-Lines: 17 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:94870 Archived-At: Nick Roberts writes: > > > * vc-status doesn't seem to heed vc-stay-local or vc-cvs-stay-local. > > > > That is fine, vc-status does not care about those, it just displays > > whatever the backend tells it to display. The backends are the ones > > that are supposed to take care of this. > > I don't understand. After vc-dired has gone, how do I find which files under > version control are modified without consulting the (remote) repository? > Do you just mean that this functionality is yet to be implemented but when > it is it won't be done in vc-status? Exactly. This is similar to what vc-dired does. The backends are responsible for the information that vc-status displays. If you actually care about such functionality you might want to volunteer to implement, it's pretty low on the priority list...