Re: Commit practices

[David Kastrup]

"Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> writes:

> Miles Bader <address@hidden>:
>> "Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> writes:
>> >> I have to agree here.  In fact, I felt very uneasy about committing
>> >> multi-file changes until I discovered PCL-CVS which, in contrast to VCS,
>> >> allows me to commit several files as one change set.
>> >
>> > If by "VCS" you mean "VC mode", it does that now.
>> 
>> Is there a user interface to this functionality other than vc-directory
>> mode?
>
> No.  Do you need one?

I think so.  I have previously used PCL-CVS for this.  I don't know
whether vc-directory is now supposed to be a full-blown replacement for
PCL-CVS, but actually using PCL-CVS for this purpose already was a
crutch: it should not be necessary to acquire a VC directory listing
just for the purpose of being able to commit several files in one
commit.

Maybe C-x v i can be made to do this?  Expand its meaning from "register
new file" to "register the current file/state for the next commit"?

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