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: Messy VC checkouts Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:24 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87fxtf3aiq.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85mynnsg0t.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <8763ub31eh.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85wsmrqv1j.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87r6cze6zo.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85r6czqtb7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87iqybe5j0.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85mynnqrr2.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ej8ze483.fsf@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <85hcdvqqd1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87prsj3z0v.fsf_-_@hagelb.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208800881 29663 80.91.229.12 (21 Apr 2008 18:01:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:01:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Phil Hagelberg Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 21 20:01:55 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jo0Ke-00022j-Kd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:01:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jo0Jr-0003xx-Pb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jo0Jm-0003xd-Ln for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jo0Ji-0003wk-4h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jo0Jh-0003we-Sw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:37 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jo0Jg-0001dj-Ke for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:37 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjsFAHZzDEhFxImq/2dsb2JhbACBUalC X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,690,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="18831242" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 21 Apr 2008 14:00:24 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([69.196.137.170]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id BWV95824; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:24 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id AFC6D8066; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:24 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87prsj3z0v.fsf_-_@hagelb.org> (Phil Hagelberg's message of "Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:20:48 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:95667 Archived-At: >>> I mean files like "thesis.tex.~1.3.~" in the same directory as your >>> working copies. >> >> I think you are confused. Those aren't created by the version control >> system. They are auxiliary files Emacs creates (or has the version >> control system create) for its own operation when it can't perform them >> otherwise. > Speaking of messy directories under VC, is there any way instead of > writing those files to disk they could be loaded directly into a buffer > so as not to clutter the checkout? Perhaps they could be checked out > into a temporary file first? > If this option doesn't currently exist in VC, how difficult would it be > to add? It would be a change in behavior for VC, but that's indeed what I do in PCL-CVS: file revisions are opened in a buffer with buffer-file-name set to a value similar to VC's but the buffer is not saved, so the file doesn't exist. You can create it by saving the buffer. Stefan