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

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Message #28 received at 11605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: William Xu <william.xwl <at> gmail.com>, 11605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11605: 24.1.50; vc-ediff revert annoyance
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:16:21 +0200

Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru> writes:

>>>        (with-current-buffer result-buf
>>>  	;; Set the parent buffer so that things like
>>>  	;; C-x v g, C-x v l, ... etc work.
>>> -	(set (make-local-variable 'vc-parent-buffer) filebuf))
>>> +	(set (make-local-variable 'vc-parent-buffer) filebuf)
>>> +        (revert-buffer nil t))
>
> It seems like this might conflict with other uses of vc-find-revision,
> like vc-revision-other-window. Where the user is allowed to change the
> contents of the returned buffer, and might've done so before we do
> this automatic silent revert.
>
> Maybe do it on ediff's side instead?

Yeah, after poking at this a bit more, I agree -- ediff should set up
this better, and just calling revert in the vc functions does not seem
to be the logical choice.

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