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Restore vc-initial-comment functionality for VCS that support it

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From: Chris Carlson <cwcarlson <at> cox.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.3; vc-register does not prompt for initial comment
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:21:42 -0700

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
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Performing a vc-register never prompts for an initial comment.  The
variable vc-initial-comment is defined in vc.el, but it is never
referenced or used.

Previous versions of Emacs prompted for an initial comment by default,
but that feature seems to have gotten lost.

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Message #8 received at 9745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
To: Chris Carlson <cwcarlson <at> cox.net>
Cc: 9745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9745: 23.3; vc-register does not prompt for initial comment
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:15:32 -0400

Chris Carlson <cwcarlson <at> cox.net> writes:

> This bug report will be sent to the Free Software Foundation,
> not to your local site managers!
> Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
> usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.
>
> Your report will be posted to the bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org mailing list
> and the gnu.emacs.bug news group, and at http://debbugs.gnu.org.
>
> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
> and the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give
> a recipe starting from `emacs -Q':
>
> Performing a vc-register never prompts for an initial comment.  The
> variable vc-initial-comment is defined in vc.el, but it is never
> referenced or used.
>
> Previous versions of Emacs prompted for an initial comment by default,
> but that feature seems to have gotten lost.

Modern VCS do not have an initial message when adding a file (just RCS
did that -- maybe SCCS too), so that feature has been removed. 

Message #11 received at 9745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 9745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chris Carlson <cwcarlson <at> cox.net>
Subject: Re: bug#9745: 23.3; vc-register does not prompt for initial comment
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:39:40 -0400

Dan Nicolaescu wrote:

> Modern VCS do not have an initial message when adding a file (just RCS
> did that -- maybe SCCS too), so that feature has been removed. 

The variable is still defined (not even obsolete), still mentioned in
the manual, and there is nothing in NEWS or ChangeLog that says
"vc-initial-comment removed", so this is at least a doc bug.

Message #14 received at 9745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 9745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Chris Carlson <cwcarlson <at> cox.net>
Subject: Re: bug#9745: 23.3; vc-register does not prompt for initial comment
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:00:01 -0400

I fixed the documentation and am leaving this open as a wishlist item,
to bring back the deleted functionality for VCS's that support it.

Message #21 received at 9745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>, 9745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Chris Carlson <cwcarlson <at> cox.net>
Subject: Re: bug#9745: Restore vc-initial-comment functionality for VCS that
 support it
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 19:46:56 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Modern VCS do not have an initial message when adding a file (just RCS
>> did that -- maybe SCCS too), so that feature has been removed. 
>
> The variable is still defined (not even obsolete), still mentioned in
> the manual, and there is nothing in NEWS or ChangeLog that says
> "vc-initial-comment removed", so this is at least a doc bug.

commit 0ef87d60054fc1660413772cfb5598d2fb8a5fe5
Author:     Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
AuthorDate: Fri Mar 23 20:31:53 2018 -0400

    * lisp/vc/vc.el (vc-initial-comment): Remove var unused since 23.2.

The variable was finally removed a couple of years ago, so I'm closing
this bug report.  (If somebody wants this functionality brought back, a
new wishlist bug report can be opened, but I can't recall seeing anybody
asking for that.)

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