Re: vc-mode-line

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Miles Bader writes:

 > If changing everything is OK, how about:
 > 
 >    ":"          unmodified but already in repo
 >    "="          modified (emacs commonly associates "=" with "diff")

I don't find that persuasive.  Before I scrolled to see this part I
was already thinking "=" is unmodified, "*" is fine for modified since
that's what it means for buffers.  If you think that the Emacs
association of "=" with diff is too strong (I don't have a problem
keeping those straight, actually; in modes where quick access to diff
is useful I pronounce "=" as "equalp", YMMV, but that's my mnemonic),
how about "#" for modified (looks like "not equal"), or "!"?

 >    "+"          added, but not yet committed
 >    "-"          deleted, but not yet committed

2 * (+1)