vc-revert-hook?

[Marshall, Simon]

Some time ago, vc.el used to have a vc-revert-hook.  I used it to cause a subsequent recompilation - of a modified source file that I had then reverted via C-x v u (AKA M-x vc-revert-buffer) - by touching the source file:

  (add-hook 'vc-revert-hook
            (lambda ()
              (shell-command (concat "touch " buffer-file-name))))

Without this, CVS (my backend VCS) or vc.el would leave the reverted source file with the timestamp of the reverted revision, ie, older than the modified file, and a dependency-based recompilation would be fooled into thinking that the source file's compiled object file was up-to-date.

Possibly this wasn't the best way of solving this problem even then.  However, it's not available anymore.

Would this hook be a good feature to put back in or is there a better way to solve this particular problem?

Simon.

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