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 10:43:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20150324163714.GA27775@thyrsus.com> <83y4mmpb1n.fsf@gnu.org> <20150324173536.GA30608@thyrsus.com> <83twxap92g.fsf@gnu.org> <20150324181936.GA31705@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427294620 19258 80.91.229.3 (25 Mar 2015 14:43:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:43:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: esr@thyrsus.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 25 15:43:35 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 1YamWj-0007Lt-0q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:43:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39436 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamWi-00063x-EI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:43:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58620) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamWb-0005zH-Qd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:43:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamWa-0000Ut-NR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:43:17 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55534) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamWa-0000Up-LC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:43:16 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YamWZ-0000uY-WD; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:43:16 -0400 In-reply-to: <20150324181936.GA31705@thyrsus.com> (esr@thyrsus.com) 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:184224 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. ]]] > Even when a remote has been declared, git cannot know about any sequence of > commits whether it's intended to be published to that remote. It might be > exploratory programming, done with the option to reset to a prior state > in mind. 1. If that's what you want, why do a commit? You can test the modified files without committing them. 2. That is rather sophisticated use; a user who might want to do this would know how to get what he wants. He could set a flag saying that C-x v v should not push in this repository, or whatever it takes. In general, the messages opposing this change have presented arguments that are weak: possible problems for expert git users that have obvious solutions that would be be easy for an expert git user to use. -- 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.