From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steinar Bang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: My plans for VC mode Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:17:46 +0100 Organization: Probably a good idea Message-ID: <877fym3jvp.fsf@dod.no> References: <20141122133351.46279382C23@snark.thyrsus.com> <86r3wvb900.fsf@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416698300 24612 80.91.229.3 (22 Nov 2014 23:18:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:18:20 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 23 00:18:14 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XsJwS-0007yg-Us for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:18:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47092 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsJwS-0004rZ-B2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:18:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51887) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsJwK-0004q8-CZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:18:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsJwF-0008Gy-1V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:18:04 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:41589) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsJwE-0008Gl-QZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:17:58 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XsJwD-0007qg-HN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:17:57 +0100 Original-Received: from cm-84.208.248.210.getinternet.no ([84.208.248.210]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:17:57 +0100 Original-Received: from sb by cm-84.208.248.210.getinternet.no with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:17:57 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cm-84.208.248.210.getinternet.no Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2Is00gXArAWpUwRzfGlDM0Mivh8= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:178047 Archived-At: >>>>> Dmitry Gutov : > Hi Eric, >> Accordingly, I have concluded that it is time to chuck backward >> compatibility and rewrite tha back-end API, simplifying as radically >> as I can and enforcing much stricter separation between the VC upper >> layer and the back ends. > Here's hoping it won't be a full rewrite. Well, whether there will be a rewrite or not, here's a bug I would very much like to see fixed: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8756 Ie. make vc-git.el's 'C-x v l' track history across renames (and make stuff like annotate and diff from hashes work past renames).