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Feature request: vc-hg should activate smerge-mode for conflicts

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Wolfgang Schnerring <wosc <at> wosc.de>
Cc: 10709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#10709: Feature request: vc-hg should activate smerge-mode for conflicts
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:27:27 -0500

>> So you're saying that hg uses standard conflict markers in its
>> internal:merge code?  Wonderful.
> I've just double-checked: yes, it does. Here's an example of a file
> with conflicts:

> <<<<<<< local
> foo = baz
> =======
> foo = qux
>>>>>>>> other

> This matches the markers defined in smerge-mode, and invoking
> smerge-mode manually on the example file works just fine, just as I
> remembered.

>> >> Actually I guess vc-hg would need some changes too.
>> > Yep, I guess you'd need changes on both ends.
>> 
>> Apparently only vc-hg.el needs to be changed, then.

> Yup, this brings me back to my original chain of thought: vc-hg needs
> to learn to detect conflicted files, and the vc-find-file-hook needs
> to be ported/abstracted from vc-svn.

You can also check vc-bzr.el which has similar code.


        Stefan

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