GNU bug report logs - #11605
24.1.50; vc-ediff revert annoyance

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: William Xu <william.xwl <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 04:34:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Found in version 24.1.50

Done: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 11605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: William Xu <william.xwl <at> gmail.com>, 11605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11605: 24.1.50; vc-ediff revert annoyance
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:10:21 +0200

On 02/26/2016 11:38 AM, William Xu wrote:

> It sounds strange that one would try to modify it.  I thought the
> checkout version is only for comparison.  The file name XX.~yy~ looks
> also very similar to automatic backup files, e.g., "!tmp!foo.cpp.~1~".

I agree it is strange, but it's not out of the question. Maybe the user 
wants to restore an old version of a function, and on a whim, started 
retouching it in the "old version" buffer?
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