From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 21:22:51 +0200 Message-ID: <83d12d1s38.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87efnan46u.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <86wp12qtgo.fsf@dod.no> <83tvw6chqv.fsf@gnu.org> <86shbprix7.fsf_-_@dod.no> <7c7503b4-1f82-8a25-fedd-c61c3e7629f6@cs.ucla.edu> <83zi5o6w4p.fsf@gnu.org> <745d2f02-8ca3-8962-0de4-053340c8fa63@cs.ucla.edu> <83efmx6862.fsf@gnu.org> <83wp0n32se.fsf@gnu.org> <83po6e17o4.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1515871343 9063 195.159.176.226 (13 Jan 2018 19:22:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 19:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 13 20:22:19 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eaRNd-0001i9-Cn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 20:22:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58924 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaRPd-0001wJ-5n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:24:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42316) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaROg-0001iM-NW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:23:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaROf-0006S5-TL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:23:18 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49726) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eaROf-0006Rr-Pq; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:23:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1893 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eaROd-00017H-OE; Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:23:17 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Sat, 13 Jan 2018 12:42:20 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:221932 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 12:42:20 -0500 > > > Since ChangeLog is generated from Git log, it _is_ useful when all you > > have is the ChangeLog. Which could happen if, for example, you want > > to work on Emacs while off-line during a long flight. > > I very often work off-line, but Git gives me just as much info in that case. That depends on the job you need to do. Having outdated Git repository for prolonged amounts of time is not recommended.