Re: vc-region-history: HG?

[Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>]

>>> "Richard" == Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com> writes: 
 
> On 16 January 2018 at 18:41, Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> 
> wrote: 
>> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:  
>>> But, what is the underlying git command? I tried to debug the 
>>> function and couldn't figure it out. 
 
> Uwe, 
 
> To see the backend command, set 'vc-command-messages' to t 
> before issuing a VC command in Emacs. 
 
> For vc-command history the messages logged are: 
 
> Running git --no-pager diff-index --exit-code -p HEAD  -- 
> Makefile.in in foreground...  Running git --no-pager diff-index 
> --exit-code -p HEAD  -- Makefile.in...OK = 0 Running git 
> --no-pager log -p -L... . in background... done 
 
> In this case I'm not sure that tells the whole story and I 
> expect Emacs does some of the work. I didn't put much effort 
> into understanding the output but perhaps it will give you a 
> useful hint. 

Thanks this was indeed helpful. I have to see if there are HG 
equivalents.

Uwe