Re: Should diff.elisp.xfuncname match cl-lib macros?

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>> AFAIK xfuncname is mostly used to add the "containing function name"
>>> on the header of each diff hunk.
>> That's a million times less important to me than "git log -L".
>
> Indeed, it's not an important feature at all.  It's just a nice "frill".
>
> Given the inevitable unreliability of the info it gets, I'm surprised it
> grew to take a more significant role in -L.  I guess it's still
> worthwhile in the sense that it's good when it works and when it doesn't
> you're no worse off than if you didn't have that feature.

I agree, FWIW.  My main use for xfuncname is as a manual alternative to
add-change-log-entry, by using diff hunk headers to know where a change
has been made.  When searching Git logs I tend to use --grep or -G
rather than -L.

-- 
Basil