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Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el |
Date: |
Tue, 06 May 2003 08:54:59 -0400 |
> > In order for undo in Emacs to operate in a predictable and reliable
> > way, it should undo the changes that you made with your editing. If
> > you want to undo the changes that came from CVS, that should be a
> > separate command, designed to coordinate with CVS. What I have in
> > mind is a command to take out the changes that were made between a
> > certain pair of versions.
>
> CVS generally doesn't know: the local file generally has local
> modifications (otherwise, there's generally no interesting undo log
> to worry about) so the merge done by `cvs update' is not the same
> as the change recorded in the repository.
>
> Are you saying vc-merge does not do this job?
Not quite. Just like
patch file <foo.diff
patch -R file <foo.diff
does not always return the original file.
Stefan
- Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el, Richard Stallman, 2003/05/05
- Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el, Andre Spiegel, 2003/05/05
- Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el, Richard Stallman, 2003/05/06
- Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el, Andre Spiegel, 2003/05/06
- Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el, Richard Stallman, 2003/05/07
- Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el, Andre Spiegel, 2003/05/07
- Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el, Stefan Monnier, 2003/05/07
- Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el, Richard Stallman, 2003/05/09
- Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el, Stefan Monnier, 2003/05/06
- Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el, Richard Stallman, 2003/05/07