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Re: Changes to vc-directory
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
Re: Changes to vc-directory |
Date: |
Fri, 02 May 2008 07:06:35 -0700 |
Neal Becker <address@hidden> writes:
> Nick Roberts wrote:
>
> > > I have one installation of 23.0.60, a few weeks old. C-x v d runs
> > > vc-directory, which works great with Hg. I have a newer 23.0.60 cvs,
> > > and
> > > C-x v d runs vc-status. Not nearly as useful for me (vc-status shows
> > > all the junk files, and doesn't have nice key bindings for diff, for
> > > example).
> > >
> > > The Tools/version control menu has changed. I liked the old one - with
> > > Tools/version control/VC directory listing (C-x v d) bound to
> > > vc-directory.
> >
> > I think the plan is for vc-status (now vc-dir) to replace vc-directory.
> > You appear to have three choices:
> >
> > 1) Use an old Emacs and not get the features of newer versions.
> >
> > 2) Bind vc-directory to "C-x v d" in your .emacs. knowing that this
> > command
> > will eventually disappear.
> >
> > 3) Start to use vc-dir and contribute to it's development so that it does
> > what you want it to do.
> >
>
> My workflow:
> 1) vc-dir to show me what is modified
> 2) vc-diff on a file to show me the diff
> 3) vc-ci (or whatever) to commit the change
>
> Here's what I'd like:
>
> 1) A menu entry to vc-dir to hide uninteresting files. Often I have many
> test results that are not revision controlled.
The usual way is to setup your .{git,hg,cvs,bzr}ignore to ignore those
test results. There's nothing in emacs yet that does this yet.
> 2) Something equivalent to #2 and #3 above
>
> 3) Also, a few less-used options, such as revert or delete.
The "C-x v" keys work in vc-dir, and so do M-x vc-* commands.
See also they key bindings for = and R
Also take a look at the menu.
Not all VC commands have simple key bindings in vc-dir yet.