From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: git history tracking across renames (and emacs support) Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 08:39:48 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83y3m0pv8u.fsf@gnu.org> <86608msw0h.fsf@dod.no> <838tdiet25.fsf@gnu.org> <87y3li4vh7.fsf@telefonica.net> <87efnan46u.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <86wp12qtgo.fsf@dod.no> <83tvw6chqv.fsf@gnu.org> <86shbprix7.fsf_-_@dod.no> <83608kck4c.fsf@gnu.org> <544c170f-99bd-c701-3063-c697296a30a6@cs.ucla.edu> <83po6rar9c.fsf@gnu.org> <83o9mabwks.fsf@gnu.org> <83mv1ubrlu.fsf@gnu.org> <83lgheb8n8.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1515047885 26588 195.159.176.226 (4 Jan 2018 06:38:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 06:38:05 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android To: emacs-devel@gnu.org,Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 04 07:38:01 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eWzA9-0006et-7q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2018 07:38:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47590 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eWzC8-00066i-3v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2018 01:40:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51936) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eWzC1-00066S-2L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2018 01:39:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eWzBx-0004fv-6P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jan 2018 01:39:57 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:47105) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eWzBx-0004fq-2l; Thu, 04 Jan 2018 01:39:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.12.154.134] (port=64903 helo=[10.160.45.121]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eWzBw-0003Zu-7I; Thu, 04 Jan 2018 01:39:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:221581 Archived-At: On January 4, 2018 7:00:33 AM GMT+02:00, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> I look at the feature's code, dig in with vc-region-history to get > the > >> corresponding commit, and that gives me the date=2E > > That will only give you the latest change there=2E >=20 > No, it gives me the whole history (which is one of the main benefits > compared to "git blame": I'm not blinsided by cosmetic changes)=2E >=20 >=20 > Stefan Then you have back the problem with branches, since the changes in the region will not tell you whether the change was merged or backported etc=2E Anyway, I don't really understand the point you are trying to make=2E If = you are saying that ChangeLogs are _never_ useful in these situations, then that's a strangely extremist view, and my experience is very far from that=2E