Re: VC top of the tree diff and log

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

  > >> Here's an updated version that implements both top of the tree log and
  > >> diff and adds an option to show short logs.  
  > >> As it is now it short logs will be shown when a directory is present in
  > >> the fileset.  Adding `file' to `vc-log-short-style' will make C-x v l
  > >> show short logs for files too.
  > >> 
  > >> vc-git.el was changed to support short logs, and vc-cvs.el to ignore the
  > >> extra option (all vc backends need a similar change)
  > >> 
  > >> WDYT?
  > 
  > > Ping. 
  > 
  > > Any reason not to install this?
  > 
  > It looks OK, tho I'm not convinced about the vc-log-short-style
  > customization.  Maybe I misunderstand what is meant by "short log", but
  > I have the impression that you might want both short and long logs both
  > for dirs and for files, depending on the situation.  So maybe a better
  > solution would be to use a different command or a prefix arg to choose,
  > rather than a custom-var.

After using the current solution for a bit, I've grown to like it.
But that does not mean that it can't be changed...
Once the backend support for generating short/long logs is in, we can
decide what is the best UI for it.
So I'll check in the change as it is now when I get a chance.