From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-find-revision-no-save? Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 16:02:15 +0000 Message-ID: <878rl543co.fsf@posteo.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17795"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: John Yates , Emacs developers To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 24 19:35:25 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1on1MB-0004Pp-Mx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2022 19:35:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1omzuC-0001gr-HO; Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:02:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1omzu7-0001as-Dm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:02:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1omzu5-0006Vd-VN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:02:19 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC11D240109 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:02:16 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1666627336; bh=UsETcv0Q4ddvZ0aYoOu5NOaYq6rhjqDlOSeabhb0RAE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:From; b=XwC4URXKcd3Ilp16pZhq6M5PHF4rCKvK0zFmj8enjXXjFXQF9Q+cltOCOoIUh9a1J ccG3JhJkPP8HCoITPVfV3ngdkWSl8Khb80lTsIrPEf5cY3QPncyvK2uuHZyCPgnD4Q GY8+sR3sXiiwaaXBT/+ZHnpSUjI2klP5RbkpW8S7Jg6ZPkkWkZxa0oF3uKs4uqPIl0 /G1F/I7eOr16y1sS6wvyBG8VGRUcAZCHU9ZObENdW1iJYzKlihyt7IsqD8XrNW33vl y0OR9dciC9iIeSvT4bQ61FvK6oFwnryNFx54TZQDm8RUTZzJYIFtgxytSLFcYqdIor GDuTvbhnsRTIQ== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4Mx0Fg4n9Qz6trC; Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:02:15 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:42:08 +0300") Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; prefer-encrypt=nopreference; keydata= mDMEYHHqUhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAp3GdmYJ6tm5McweY6dEvIYIiry+Oz9rU4MH6NHWK0Ee0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiQBBMWCAA4FiEEDM2H44ZoPt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwMFCwkIBwIGFQoJ CAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQtVrAHPRh1FyTkgEAjlbGPxFchvMbxzAES3r8QLuZgCxeAXunM9gh io0ePtUBALVhh9G6wIoZhl0gUCbQpoN/UJHI08Gm1qDob5zDxnIHuDgEYHHqUhIKKwYBBAGXVQEF AQEHQNcRB+MUimTMqoxxMMUERpOR+Q4b1KgncDZkhrO2ql1tAwEIB4h4BBgWCAAgFiEEDM2H44Zo Pt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwwACgkQtVrAHPRh1Fw1JwD/Qo7kvtib8jy7puyWrSv0MeTS g8qIxgoRWJE/KKdkCLEA/jb9b9/g8nnX+UcwHf/4VfKsjExlnND3FrBviXUW6NcB Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout02.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:298399 Archived-At: Dmitry Gutov writes: > On 24.10.2022 03:27, John Yates wrote: >> Notice that the default is nil. What is the logic in allowing an >> historic revision to be associated with a file? Why is it not merely >> a readonly buffer with no backing file? >> Perhaps I have been too influenced by git... My mental model is >> that >> revisions are immutable_values_. Is that not vc's model? > > Caching? Easy of copying to replace the original? > > VC's old, and a lot of it prefers convenience over purity. Including > the convenience of implementation. If that is the motivation, is there a reason the files are stored on the current working directory, instead of using /tmp or ~/.cache? I have set that option to t which is a great improvement IMO, as I don't want to fill up my working directory with temporary files.