Re: VC mode and git

[Richard Stallman]

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  > First and obvious reason, then there would be no way to commit without 
  > pushing. And yes, that's a useful ability.

If that is a useful ability we can easily make a command to do it.

A minor drawback that can easily be overcome is not an argument
against.

  > Second, even if we add a user option, this would be an attempt to paper 
  > over 

That's what VC is for: to paper over the differences between different
VC systems with a single uniform interface.

         the differences between the traditional VCS and the (modern) DVCS.

It is a mistake to say that "modern" DVCs all work this way.
BZR did not.  I never had this problem with BZR.

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