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Why is the > > method necessary for Git, but not for other VCSes? they all produce > > similar displays of log messages, complete with Author, Date, etc., > > and so the difficulties of extracting just the change log message > > should affect all of them, no? > > Ah, right. > > The difference is that with Git you can use variables like > vc-git-log-switches and vc-git-shortlog-switches to radically change the > log output. We can't realistically deal with all the possibilities from > Lisp. > > Whereas, so far as I understand, such customisation of the output is not > available with the older VCS. I see vc-hg-log-switches and vc-bzr-log-switches, so I don't think I understand why you say Git is special here. What did I miss? In any case, the reason for having a backend method should be explained in the comments.