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Thu, 21 Nov 2019 07:34:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83r221xoll.fsf@gnu.org> Content-Language: en-US X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:172142 Archived-At: On 21.11.2019 16:59, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > The reason I think this should be a vc-diff subcommand is that most > kinds of VCS describe a revision as diffs. I strongly disagree with that idea. When we create a revision, we specify both the changes, *and* a commit message. And some other metadata, like author, etc. That happens in *every* VCS I had worked with, starting with CVS. So no, a revision can't be described simply by a diff. The info should include all of the above. Any VCS that doesn't support commit messages, etc, can simply show a diff. But we shouldn't cater to the lowest commit denominator in the API.