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vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:11:11 -0500

Severity: wishlist

pcl-cvs has a function `cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window',
bound to the `A' key, which creates basic ChangeLog entries for all
marked files in the *cvs* buffer.

It would be nice if vc-dir could have something similar.

Message #6 received at 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:59:21 -0500

> Severity: wishlist
> pcl-cvs has a function `cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window',
> bound to the `A' key, which creates basic ChangeLog entries for all
> marked files in the *cvs* buffer.

> It would be nice if vc-dir could have something similar.

FWIW (as PCL-CVS maintainer), this command was inherited from the
original PCL-CVS and has always caused me trouble and never seemed to do
anything sufficiently valuable to deserve the time I invested in it.
The support for C-x 4 a in diff-mode OTOH is one that I keep cherishing.


        Stefan

Message #9 received at 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:18:39 -0500

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> FWIW (as PCL-CVS maintainer), this command was inherited from the
> original PCL-CVS and has always caused me trouble and never seemed to do
> anything sufficiently valuable to deserve the time I invested in it.

Admittedly, the only time I find it useful is when I have modified a
bunch of files, and want to give them all a common ChangeLog entry,
rather than creating an individual entry for each.

Message #12 received at 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:28:22 -0800 (PST)

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

  > > Severity: wishlist
  > > pcl-cvs has a function `cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window',
  > > bound to the `A' key, which creates basic ChangeLog entries for all
  > > marked files in the *cvs* buffer.
  > 
  > > It would be nice if vc-dir could have something similar.
  > 
  > FWIW (as PCL-CVS maintainer), this command was inherited from the
  > original PCL-CVS and has always caused me trouble and never seemed to do
  > anything sufficiently valuable to deserve the time I invested in it.
  > The support for C-x 4 a in diff-mode OTOH is one that I keep cherishing.

I find C-x 4 A in diff-mode more useful for creating a skeleton
ChangeLog, but it has quirks :-(

Message #15 received at 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:34:23 -0500

> I find C-x 4 A in diff-mode more useful for creating a skeleton
> ChangeLog, but it has quirks :-(

Indeed, I think C-x 4 A in diff-mode is a better solution than
cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window, despite some quirks.


        Stefan


PS: Regarding C-x 4 A quirks: it would be good to report tham as bugs,
so we can collect them to help improve the behavior (it's largely
a simple heursitic right now, and maybe some other simple heuristic
would work better, or maybe we can spice up that heuristic).

Message #18 received at 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2021 10:45:56 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I find C-x 4 A in diff-mode more useful for creating a skeleton
>> ChangeLog, but it has quirks :-(
>
> Indeed, I think C-x 4 A in diff-mode is a better solution than
> cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window, despite some quirks.

I think the conclusion here is that `C-x 4 A' covers the needs here, so
I'm closing this bug report.

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