Re: PCL-CVS only committing some files

[Klaus Berndl <Klaus.Berndl@sdm.de>]

On 07 Dec 2002, Miles Bader wrote:



>  "Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>"
>  <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> writes:
> > The set of files committed is not determined when you hit `c' or `C'
> > but when you hit C-c C-c.
> > Usually they are the same, but not always.
>  
>  I've always hated that ... sometimes I inadvertently move point in the
>  *cvs* buffer while I'm editing the log-entry (e.g., if start switching
>  buffers to lookup some info), and end up committing the wrong file!
>  
>  I guess it could be handy in the case of committing _multiple_ files
>  though, to be able to change the set of files to commit while editing
>  the log...  Hmmm, I'm not sure _what_ I want.
>  
>  What do you think of the following:
>  
>    * For a single file, display the to-be-committed filename in
>      *log-entry*'s (not sure if that's the right buffer name, but anyway)
>      mode-line, otherwise display something like `(marked files)'; update
>      this mode-line info dynamically if the user changes the *cvs* buffer
>      state
>  
>    * When the user hits `C-c C-c', if the set of to-be-committed
>      file/files is different from what it was at `c'/`C' time, ask the
>      user to confirm the commit (`Really commit foo.c?' or `Really commit
>      these files?' [+ temp-buffer showing the files])

Even if it is not important what i think, i would really like this behavior
described by Miles.

Klaus

>  
>  Stefan, does this sound hard to implement?
>  
>  Thanks,
>  
>  -Miles

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