Re: Version control "Register" operation

[suvayu ali]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:49 PM,  <cwcarlson@cox.net> wrote:
> In a previous version of Emacs, I'm not sure how long ago, when I did a
> "vc-register" operation, Emacs would automatically open a buffer for the
> "Description."  This would allow me to enter a description of the file being
> registered for RCS, CVS or SVN.
>
> Now I find that "vc-register" just registers the file with no description.
>  I've looked in the vc*.el files and cannot see where it even considers
> opening a buffer for the description.
>
> Is this a feature that has been removed?
>

What backend are you using? If you are using a distributed versioning
system (bzr, git, hg, ..), I think this is expected behaviour as
registering just adds the file but doesn't commit. You get the chance
to add your comments when you finally commit.

> Thanks,
> Chris
>

Hope this helped.

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Suvayu

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