Changes to vc-directory

Changes to vc-directory

[Neal Becker]

I have one installation of 23.0.60, a few weeks old.  C-x v d runs
vc-directory, which works great with Hg.  I have a newer 23.0.60 cvs, and
C-x v d runs vc-status.  Not nearly as useful for me (vc-status shows all
the junk files, and doesn't have nice key bindings for diff, for example).

The Tools/version control menu has changed.  I liked the old one - with
Tools/version control/VC directory listing (C-x v d) bound to vc-directory.

Re: Changes to vc-directory

[Nick Roberts]

 > I have one installation of 23.0.60, a few weeks old.  C-x v d runs
 > vc-directory, which works great with Hg.  I have a newer 23.0.60 cvs, and
 > C-x v d runs vc-status.  Not nearly as useful for me (vc-status shows all
 > the junk files, and doesn't have nice key bindings for diff, for example).
 > 
 > The Tools/version control menu has changed.  I liked the old one - with
 > Tools/version control/VC directory listing (C-x v d) bound to vc-directory.

I think the plan is for vc-status (now vc-dir) to replace vc-directory.  You
appear to have three choices:

1) Use an old Emacs and not get the features of newer versions.

2) Bind vc-directory to "C-x v d" in your .emacs. knowing that this command
   will eventually disappear.

3) Start to use vc-dir and contribute to it's development so that it does
   what you want it to do.

-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob

Re: Changes to vc-directory

[Neal Becker]

Nick Roberts wrote:

>  > I have one installation of 23.0.60, a few weeks old.  C-x v d runs
>  > vc-directory, which works great with Hg.  I have a newer 23.0.60 cvs,
>  > and
>  > C-x v d runs vc-status.  Not nearly as useful for me (vc-status shows
>  > all the junk files, and doesn't have nice key bindings for diff, for
>  > example).
>  > 
>  > The Tools/version control menu has changed.  I liked the old one - with
>  > Tools/version control/VC directory listing (C-x v d) bound to
>  > vc-directory.
> 
> I think the plan is for vc-status (now vc-dir) to replace vc-directory. 
> You appear to have three choices:
> 
> 1) Use an old Emacs and not get the features of newer versions.
> 
> 2) Bind vc-directory to "C-x v d" in your .emacs. knowing that this
> command
>    will eventually disappear.
> 
> 3) Start to use vc-dir and contribute to it's development so that it does
>    what you want it to do.
> 

My workflow:
1) vc-dir to show me what is modified
2) vc-diff on a file to show me the diff
3) vc-ci (or whatever) to commit the change

Here's what I'd like:

1) A menu entry to vc-dir to hide uninteresting files.  Often I have many
test results that are not revision controlled.

2) Something equivalent to #2 and #3 above

3) Also, a few less-used options, such as revert or delete. 

Re: Changes to vc-directory

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> writes:

  > Nick Roberts wrote:
  > 
  > >  > I have one installation of 23.0.60, a few weeks old.  C-x v d runs
  > >  > vc-directory, which works great with Hg.  I have a newer 23.0.60 cvs,
  > >  > and
  > >  > C-x v d runs vc-status.  Not nearly as useful for me (vc-status shows
  > >  > all the junk files, and doesn't have nice key bindings for diff, for
  > >  > example).
  > >  > 
  > >  > The Tools/version control menu has changed.  I liked the old one - with
  > >  > Tools/version control/VC directory listing (C-x v d) bound to
  > >  > vc-directory.
  > > 
  > > I think the plan is for vc-status (now vc-dir) to replace vc-directory. 
  > > You appear to have three choices:
  > > 
  > > 1) Use an old Emacs and not get the features of newer versions.
  > > 
  > > 2) Bind vc-directory to "C-x v d" in your .emacs. knowing that this
  > > command
  > >    will eventually disappear.
  > > 
  > > 3) Start to use vc-dir and contribute to it's development so that it does
  > >    what you want it to do.
  > > 
  > 
  > My workflow:
  > 1) vc-dir to show me what is modified
  > 2) vc-diff on a file to show me the diff
  > 3) vc-ci (or whatever) to commit the change
  > 
  > Here's what I'd like:
  > 
  > 1) A menu entry to vc-dir to hide uninteresting files.  Often I have many
  > test results that are not revision controlled.

The usual way is to setup your .{git,hg,cvs,bzr}ignore to ignore those
test results.  There's nothing in emacs yet that does this yet.

  > 2) Something equivalent to #2 and #3 above
  >
  > 3) Also, a few less-used options, such as revert or delete. 

The "C-x v" keys work in vc-dir, and so do M-x vc-* commands.
See also they key bindings for = and R
Also take a look at the menu.

Not all VC commands have simple key bindings in vc-dir yet.