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31.0.50; vc-start-logentry: Symbol's value as variable is void: log-edit-hook

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Scott Bell <sctb <at> me.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 31.0.50; vc-start-logentry: Symbol's value as variable is void:
 log-edit-hook
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2025 15:20:32 -0700

Steps to reproduce:

1. Launch emacs with -Q
2. Open a file under version control (git)
3. Make a change to the file
4. Save the change
5. C-x v v
6. Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: log-edit-hook

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable log-edit-hook)
  vc-start-logentry(("/Users/sctb/Downloads/frob/bong.txt") nil nil "Enter a change comment." "*vc-log*" #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x5284234ba52b>) #f(compiled-function (files comment) #<bytecode 0xb09534465219539>) vc-checkin-hook Git nil)
  vc-checkin(("/Users/sctb/Downloads/frob/bong.txt") Git nil nil nil nil nil)
  vc-next-action(nil)
  funcall-interactively(vc-next-action nil)
  call-interactively(vc-next-action nil nil)
  command-execute(vc-next-action)

This error is raised within the ‘vc-start-logentry’ function at line 873
during the let-binding of ‘log-edit-hook’. This seems to have been
introduced by commit 816830d9219 on Nov 7.

In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin25.0.0, NS
 appkit-2685.10 Version 26.0.1 (Build 25A362)) of 2025-11-09 built on
 neun.local
Repository revision: d2bc774ec9c7bcdd47d3f893a690ca5683ce9a08
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.2685
System Description:  macOS 26.0.1

Configured using:
 'configure --with-tree-sitter CFLAGS=-I/Users/sctb/.local/include
 LDFLAGS=-L/Users/sctb/.local/lib'

Configured features:
ACL GMP GNUTLS LIBXML2 MODULES NOTIFY KQUEUE NS PDUMPER SQLITE3 THREADS
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_CA.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Messages

Minor modes in effect:
  server-mode: t
  rcirc-track-minor-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  eldoc-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  minibuffer-nonselected-mode: t
  minibuffer-regexp-mode: t
  buffer-read-only: t
  line-number-mode: t
  indent-tabs-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t

Load-path shadows:
None found.

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Memory information:
((conses 16 213643 31180) (symbols 48 15951 0) (strings 32 42522 1932)
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Message #8 received at 79803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: 79803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Scott Bell <sctb <at> me.com>
Subject: Re: bug#79803: 31.0.50; vc-start-logentry: Symbol's value as
 variable is void: log-edit-hook
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:14:46 +0000

Hello,

Sorry about that, should be fixed now.

-- 
Sean Whitton

Message #11 received at 79803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Scott Bell <sctb <at> me.com>
To: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Cc: 79803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79803: 31.0.50; vc-start-logentry: Symbol's value as variable
 is void: log-edit-hook
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:48:41 -0700

Confirmed. Thank you! 

> On Nov 10, 2025, at 8:14 AM, Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Sorry about that, should be fixed now.
> 
> -- 
> Sean Whitton

Message #16 received at 79803-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Scott Bell <sctb <at> me.com>
Cc: 79803-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79803: 31.0.50; vc-start-logentry: Symbol's value as
 variable is void: log-edit-hook
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:08:35 +0000

Hello,

On Mon 10 Nov 2025 at 08:48am -07, Scott Bell wrote:

> Confirmed. Thank you!

Great, closing.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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