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 state Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:17:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: <200804061740.m36Hemw8021394@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200804082045.m38KjG5p029421@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200804090307.m3937emd022768@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <18428.15723.176227.750017@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200804092254.m39Ms92q011551@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <18429.53477.115936.800815@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207855457 1074 80.91.229.12 (10 Apr 2008 19:24:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:24:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Nick Roberts Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 10 21:24:49 2008 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 1Jk2Hy-0000lQ-0Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:18:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jk2HK-0002Lm-88 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:17:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jk2HF-0002LJ-P5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:17:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jk2HE-0002Kq-6j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:17:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jk2HD-0002Kn-UN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:17:40 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jk2HD-0001R1-Ns for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:17:39 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (vpn-132-204-232-110.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.110]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m3AJHpDG025141 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:17:51 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 65BFBB46FF; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:17:39 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <18429.53477.115936.800815@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:33:41 +1200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: -2.5 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered BAYES_00=-2.5 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:94894 Archived-At: >> > * vc-status doesn't seem to heed vc-stay-local or vc-cvs-stay-local. >> >> That is fine, vc-status does not care about those, it just displays >> whatever the backend tells it to display. The backends are the ones >> that are supposed to take care of this. > I don't understand. After vc-dired has gone, how do I find which files under > version control are modified without consulting the (remote) repository? > Do you just mean that this functionality is yet to be implemented but when > it is it won't be done in vc-status? The way I see it is: `vc-status' should work in "stay-local" mode. Always. Then we add a `vc-pull' which may contact the remote repository. Stefan