Re: support for git commit --amend/--signoff

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

>>> Arguments: --amend --signoff
>>>
>>> This will provide interchangeability: the user will be able to copy
>>> arguments from the *VC-log* buffer to the external command line and
>>> back to the *VC-log* buffer to construct the necessary command line.
>>
>> That's very ugly from the UI point of view, it's not better than doing
>> the same thing from the command line directly.
>
> In Emacs it's easier to select files and to write a log message
> than doing the same in the command line.
>
> But currently vc mode is limited to a small set of supported arguments.
> Allowing to specify the command line arguments will give the user the
> full power of the command line when doing vc operations from Emacs.
>
>> More, for --amend it's desirable to copy the contents of the original
>> log in the *VC-log* buffer, so that the user can edit it, and check in
>> the modified version.
>
> Maybe, --amend is a special case that requires special processing.
> But generally it's also desirable to be able to specify the command line
> arguments from the *VC-log* buffer.

I'd like to support the special case well, it's a more frequent operation.