From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: VC mode and git Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:43:13 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20150324163714.GA27775@thyrsus.com> <83y4mmpb1n.fsf@gnu.org> <87lhim9sqp.fsf@igel.home> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427294683 20297 80.91.229.3 (25 Mar 2015 14:44:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:44:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 25 15:44:32 2015 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 1YamXc-0007u7-M6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:44:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39442 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamXc-0007Xg-8R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:44:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58674) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamWe-00064t-Ge for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:43:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamWZ-0000UK-Ji for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:43:20 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55530) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamWZ-0000UB-HG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:43:15 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamWX-0000tw-Sz; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:43:13 -0400 In-reply-to: <87lhim9sqp.fsf@igel.home> (message from Andreas Schwab on Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:04:46 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:184226 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > Why cannot VC determine whether a branch is private or not? > A branch can be both at the same time. People who are doing such sophisticated things will understand the issues and can use whatever interface to specify what they want. The reason to make this change is to help people who are not sophisticated git users. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.