From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: single-command git commits Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 20:44:14 -0400 Message-ID: <87a8he8nj5.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <86r3aq5uvn.fsf@student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1468889118 11049 80.91.229.3 (19 Jul 2016 00:45:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:45:18 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 19 02:45:06 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1bPJ9j-0000dm-UX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:45:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51253 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPJ9j-0006pH-2x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 20:45:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55941) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPJ9J-0006p0-Rt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 20:44:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPJ9G-0003Uj-0z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 20:44:37 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:41054) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPJ9F-0003UY-Q9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 20:44:33 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bPJ9E-0000DZ-EP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:44:32 +0200 Original-Received: from otwaon234vw-lp140-05-1176444371.dsl.bell.ca ([70.31.29.211]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:44:32 +0200 Original-Received: from eric by otwaon234vw-lp140-05-1176444371.dsl.bell.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:44:32 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: otwaon234vw-lp140-05-1176444371.dsl.bell.ca User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Gdp144tKzPBBJgNoOZ3QTghl994= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:110887 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: > Eric Abrahamsen > writes: > >> I'm working on a long document in >> a single-file git repository (I know there >> are probably better solutions). What I'd like >> to do is have a single command that prompts >> me for a git commit message, and then >> commits. The in-Emacs equivalent of: >> >> git commit -a -m "(read-string \"Commit >> message: \")" > > (defun git-commit (msg) > (interactive "sCommit message: ") > (shell-command > (format "git commit -a -m %s" msg) )) Yes, when I said "I could probably write a shell script..." that was meant to include "or `shell-command'" (this is where I start backing out of my free beer promise). I'd like to use the highest-level vc function available to me, ideally something above the level of git-awareness! E