GNU bug report logs - #12001
24.1.50; vc-diff always talks to CVS repository

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Reported by: rms <at> gnu.org

Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:59:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.1.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 12001 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12001: 24.1.50; vc-diff always talks to CVS repository
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:01:06 +0200

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

>     I cannot reproduce that.  When the vc backup file for the current
>     revision exists, vc-diff uses it as the base.
>
> What is the "vc backup file"?  How can I tell whether it exists?

See vc-version-backup-file-name.  They are created the first time the
modified file is saved.

Andreas.

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