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master f7b84345f8 1/2: ; * doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi (Editing VC Commands)
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Eli Zaretskii |
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master f7b84345f8 1/2: ; * doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi (Editing VC Commands): Fix wording. |
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Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:57:54 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit f7b84345f8e646d7c1ac26551d7f8363ccf78222
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
; * doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi (Editing VC Commands): Fix wording.
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doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi b/doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi
index a8ceb1b790..05d2144380 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi
@@ -270,16 +270,17 @@ with the file's version control type.
@findex vc-edit-next-command
@kindex C-x v !
You can use the @kbd{C-x v !} (@code{vc-edit-next-command}) prefix
-command to request an opportunity to edit the VC shell commands that
-Emacs will run. This is primarily intended to make it possible to
-access version control system-specific functionality without
-complexifying either the VC command set or the backend API.
+command to edit the shell command line that VC is about to run. This
+is primarily intended to make it possible to add optional command-line
+arguments to VCS commands without unnecessary complications of the VC
+command set and its interfaces with the backend.
For example, Git can produce logs of more than one branch, but
@kbd{C-x v b l} (@code{vc-print-branch-log}) prompts for the name of
just one branch. To obtain a log of more than one branch, you can
-type @kbd{C-x v ! C-x v b l} and then append the names of additional
-branches to the end of the @code{git log} command that VC prepares.
+type @w{@kbd{C-x v ! C-x v b l}} and then append the names of
+additional branches to the end of the @samp{git log} command that VC
+is about to run.
@node Customizing VC
@subsection Customizing VC