GNU bug report logs - #12488
24.2.50; vc-delete-file and vc-rename-file should default to the current buffer's file

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Message #14 received at 12488 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 12488 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12488: 24.2.50;
	vc-delete-file and vc-rename-file should default to the current
	buffer's file
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:05:49 +0800

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

> Do you think I can add commands like `vc-rename-this-file' and
> vc-delete-this-file' instead? And then replace `vc-rename-file' in VC
> menu with the first one and add the second one below it?
>
> Because `vc-rename-file' is likely the only command in that menu that
> acts on a single file, but does't automatically use the one the
> current buffer visits.

I'd rather not have this kind of duplication of commands.  It's more
consistent with other Emacs commands to offer the current file as the
minibuffer default.

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