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: [PATCH] New option to make C-x 4 a use file-less ChangeLog buffers (was Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support)) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 16:30:56 +0300 Message-ID: <83pnzgyaun.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86wp12qtgo.fsf@dod.no> <83tvw6chqv.fsf@gnu.org> <86shbprix7.fsf_-_@dod.no> <838t6jgl1k.fsf@gnu.org> <601m6cc6.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83o9fefnv9.fsf@gnu.org> <83in5lg4ol.fsf@gnu.org> <83efg9fxnj.fsf@gnu.org> <838t6hfa4h.fsf@gnu.org> <87h8l4lt9q.fsf@gmail.com> <831sc8fttu.fsf@gnu.org> <87sh4lwwg6.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <83r2k389j9.fsf@gnu.org> <87zhyqbx7s.fsf@gmail.com> <837elozx7j.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1532179748 13723 195.159.176.226 (21 Jul 2018 13:29:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 13:29:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: tzz@lifelogs.com, larsi@gnus.org, cpitclaudel@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?B?Sm/Do28gVMOhdm9yYQ==?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 21 15:29:04 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 1fgrwU-0003Pf-8L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2018 15:29:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52457 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fgrya-0000H9-Vz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2018 09:31:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37708) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fgryR-0000Gt-Uo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2018 09:31:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fgryO-0000tm-CO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2018 09:31:03 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:33034) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fgryJ-0000ss-BU; Sat, 21 Jul 2018 09:30:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1143 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fgryI-0001nA-7M; Sat, 21 Jul 2018 09:30:54 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from =?utf-8?B?Sm/Do28gVMOhdm9yYQ==?= on Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:02:04 +0100) 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:227617 Archived-At: > From: João Távora > Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:02:04 +0100 > Cc: Stefan Monnier , Lars Ingebrigtsen , tzz@lifelogs.com, > emacs-devel@gnu.org, cpitclaudel@gmail.com > > > +(defcustom add-log-use-pseudo-changelog t > > + "If non-nil, don't create ChangeLog files for log entries." > > + :type :boolean) > > I frequently find that what we say in the doc string is a very good > hint on how to name the variable. So how about > add-log-don't-create-change-log-file instead? > > Fine by me. But even with the apostrophe? No, that slipped through without my meaning it. > Also, this needs a :version tag. > > Right. 27.1? Yes. > I'll do the NEWS, should the manual also mention it? I think it would be a good idea to describe this in "Change Logs and VC", yes.