From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35290: 27.0.50; Outdated vc-revert documentation Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 19:14:24 +0300 Message-ID: <83bm17i6u7.fsf@gnu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="88625"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 35290@debbugs.gnu.org To: Mauro Aranda Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 15 18:15:17 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hG4GK-000MxW-T2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:15:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52769 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hG4GJ-0002yc-Hm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:15:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54412) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hG4G7-0002xW-PG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:15:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hG4G7-0001uF-0P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:15:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:49974) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hG4G6-0001tC-Qj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hG4G6-00032o-HG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:15:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 35290 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 35290-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B35290.155534488211656 (code B ref 35290); Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35290) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Apr 2019 16:14:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35285 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hG4Fm-00031w-8j for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:14:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39896) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hG4Fj-00031g-RF for 35290@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:14:40 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:59191) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hG4Fe-0000rZ-Kb; Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:14:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1569 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hG4Fd-0003Sk-42; Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:14:34 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Mauro Aranda on Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:54:45 -0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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:157664 Archived-At: > From: Mauro Aranda > Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:54:45 -0300 > > 1) C-h r > 2) m VC Undo > > Read this sentence: > Note that ‘C-x v u’ cannot be reversed with the usual undo commands > (see Undo), so use it with care. > > To check it is outdated: > 1) emacs -Q > 2) C-x C-f FILE-UNDER-VERSION-CONTROL > 3) Make some changes and then C-x C-s > 4) Revert: C-x v u > 5) Confirm: yes RET > 6) After reverting is done, type C-/ > 7) Observe that you got your changes back. I believe this is a misunderstanding due to the inherent ambiguity of "undo" in this context. The text wants to say that you cannot undo the effect in the repository, not in the buffer that visits the file. Thanks.