Re: 23.0.50; log-view-current-file error

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Leo <address@hidden> writes:

  > On 2007-09-05 00:52 +0100, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
  > > Leo <address@hidden> writes:
  > >
  > >   > On 2007-09-02 04:09 +0100, Glenn Morris wrote:
  > >   > > Actually as of a little while ago you see a different error. :)
  > >   > >
  > >   > > This was reported before. It's caused by ESR's VC changes. It's
  > >   > > trivial to modify the regexp to match the new format (which now says
  > >   > > "file(s)"), but less trivial to make it actually do the right thing 
if
  > >   > > there are multiple files there (perhaps there can't be at present, I
  > >   > > don't know).
  > >   > 
  > >   > I am glad that you are aware of this bug ;)
  > >   > 
  > >   > I learned from Mwolson that dvc is soon to be merged into Emacs, 
  > >
  > > Was that change approved or at least discussed anywere?
  > 
  > There has no discussion in eamcs-devel yet. But I learned it from him in
  > #emacs irc.
  > 
  > >
  > >   > which
  > >   > means Emacs will have vc to deal with file-based version control and 
dvc
  > >   > to handle distributed version control.
  > >
  > > Can you please explain what do you mean by that?
  > 
  > Maybe someone else can explain this better. My feeling is that it is
  > only suitable for committing changes that are made within a single
  > file. 

That is not the case anymore, VC can perform operations on multiple
file (the bug that started this thread is a consequence of adding that
feature).

  > DVC is superior in design.

It would be interesting to find out more about that...