From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: VC mode and git Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:38:14 -0400 Message-ID: References: <86egoeusg2.fsf@example.com> <83pp7yp5po.fsf@gnu.org> <86sicte9j3.fsf@example.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427287127 14232 80.91.229.3 (25 Mar 2015 12:38:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:38:47 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 25 13:38:40 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 1YakZv-0001iL-8M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:38:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38766 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YakZu-0008Rf-MR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:38:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51334) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YakZf-0008QU-TF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:38:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YakZb-0001o1-Bc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:38:19 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:20376) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YakZb-0001nu-7F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:38:15 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgUFAGvvdVTO+KpL/2dsb2JhbAA3gVOhb4EIgXYBBVYzCzQSFBgNqkiLdh0XOgkDAQKDPgNSgx4Eo2OEWA X-IPAS-Result: AgUFAGvvdVTO+KpL/2dsb2JhbAA3gVOhb4EIgXYBBVYzCzQSFBgNqkiLdh0XOgkDAQKDPgNSgx4Eo2OEWA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.01,1,1400040000"; d="scan'208";a="114535743" Original-Received: from 206-248-170-75.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.170.75]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 25 Mar 2015 08:38:14 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 424C21450; Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:38:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Steinar Bang's message of "Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:48:57 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 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:184214 Archived-At: [ ...other points about vc-dir vs magit... ] > - The way vc-git shows the diffs for the commits in the commit list was > a bit annoying: they are shown inline, and I couldn't figure out a > way to close them. magit opens the diff in a new buffer, and that > buffer can be exited with 'q', and I like the magit way better here also I don't understand what you mean here by "shows the diffs for the commits in the commit list" and "shown inline". Stefan PS: Your comparison is much less critical of vc-dir than I'd have expected. Personally I find that vc-dir is still pretty far from what PCL-CVS offered ten years ago, so while I use do it, I find it borderline unusable.