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bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package
From: |
Tony Zorman |
Subject: |
bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:00:46 +0200 |
On Wed, Apr 12 2023 07:34, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
> I think that this is a legitimate point, and I would be ready to push
> this change if you could adjust the patch to checkout the latest release
> instead of the latest commit by default, as Felician proposed. Does
> that sound good to you?
Yes, sounds good to me. I should have time to prepare a revised patch
this weekend.
>> Further, it also makes testing out new changes very easy. For example, I
>> wanted to try out the overhauled LaTeX preview system that was proposed
>> for Org mode [1]. Rather than having to clone the respective repo and
>> check out the branch manually, this was just a
>>
>> (use-package org
>> :vc (:url "https://git.tecosaur.net/tec/org-mode.git" :branch "dev"))
>>
>> away, which is certainly a win in my book.
>
> To be fair, use-package is not necessary here. You can also just use
> package-vc-checkout to download a package to some directory and check it
> out that way. I have a command somewhere that even automates the
> selection and would just "install" the package for a single session.
Fair point. I should have mentioned that I already had a `use-package`
declaration for org-mode, so trying out the branch simply required
adding a single line, which is why that felt so nice.
--
Tony Zorman | https://tony-zorman.com/
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2023/04/07
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Felician Nemeth, 2023/04/08
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2023/04/08
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Tony Zorman, 2023/04/12
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2023/04/12
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package,
Tony Zorman <=
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Tony Zorman, 2023/04/16
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/04/16
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Tony Zorman, 2023/04/17
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/04/18
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Tony Zorman, 2023/04/19
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/04/22
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2023/04/22
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, John Wiegley, 2023/04/23
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Philip Kaludercic, 2023/04/22
- bug#60418: [PATCH] Add :vc keyword to use-package, Tony Zorman, 2023/04/23