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 #19 received at 12488-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 12488-done <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: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:17:27 +0400

On 01.12.2012 10:05, Chong Yidong wrote:
> 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.

Ok, I installed the original patch with updated docstrings.

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