Re: vc-mode: initial comments lost if using CVS

["Aaron S. Hawley" <Aaron.Hawley@uvm.edu>]

I'm running a GNU/Linux system via Debian.
I can get the test case to work in both Emacs 21 and Emacs from CVS:

  * GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i386-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of
    2005-03-17 on trouble, modified by Debian

  * GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (i386-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
    of 2005-08-08 on malambruno, modified by Debian

  $ cvs --version

  Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.9 (client/server)

  Copyright (c) 1989-2004 Brian Berliner, david d `zoo' zuhn,
                          Jeff Polk, and other authors

  CVS may be copied only under the terms of the GNU General Public
  License, a copy of which can be found with the CVS distribution kit.

  Specify the --help option for further information about CVS

I don't try to appear as a maintainer of vc-mode, so others are more
capable of speaking to your question about changes to vc-cvs.el.

Thanks for the information on a minimal CVS repository.
/a

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, era eriksson wrote:

> Nope, this is specifically about adding a new file to CVS from within
> Emacs.
>
> Which version of Emacs were you trying this on?
>
> ...
>
> > In Emacs,
> >
> > Set vc-initial-comment to non-nil with `M-: (setq vc-initial-comment t)'.
> > Register the file (`cvs add') with `C-x v v' and enter a description.
> > Check-in the initial revision (`cvs commit') with `C-x v v' and enter a
> > change comment.
>
> Yes, this is correct. Just to be candid, which version of CVS are you
> using? I'm currently on 1.12.9 but this has been happening since I was
> using Emacs 20 (or was it even 19.35?) and CVS 1.11.
>
> /* era */