Re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installed directly from VCS

[Philip Kaludercic]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

>>> The default handler just wraps vc-annotate, so it is a bit more fragile.
>>
>> Hmm... the code I see in your patch uses `vc-region-history` (which is
>> only supported for Git and Hg, currently, and is fairly difficult to
>> support in a generic way) rather than `vc-annotate`.
>> Am I missing something?
>
> Uh, that is my mistake.  I started writing that code yesterday (I
> believe?) and simply forgot what I had used.  I'll try to translate that
> into vc-annotate before pushing anything.

This patch changes the 'last-change' interface from (from to) into (file
line), which matches how most VCS think about it to begin with, and uses
'annotate-command' in the default case:

0001-Have-last-change-accept-a-line-number-instead-of-a-r.patch
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With this, I think that the feature will work pretty well -- setting
aside the detached HEAD stuff.