Subject: Re: bug#17970: log-edit creates unwanted ChangeLog buffers

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:54:57 -0400

> C-x C-b
-> Now there is an empty, unwanted "/tmp/foo/ChangeLog" buffer.

I installed the patch below which seems to fix this problem.

        Stefan

=== modified file 'lisp/vc/log-edit.el'
--- lisp/vc/log-edit.el	2014-07-01 15:15:03 +0000
+++ lisp/vc/log-edit.el	2014-07-09 18:52:47 +0000
@@ -905,6 +905,7 @@
              ;; that memoizing which is undesired here.
              (setq change-log-default-name nil)
              (find-change-log)))))
+    (when (file-exists-p changelog-file-name)
     (with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect changelog-file-name)
       (unless (eq major-mode 'change-log-mode) (change-log-mode))
       (goto-char (point-min))
@@ -942,7 +943,7 @@
                   (setq pos (max (1+ pos) (elt entry 1)))
 		  (goto-char pos)))
 
-	      (cons (current-buffer) texts))))))))
+                (cons (current-buffer) texts)))))))))
 
 (defun log-edit-changelog-insert-entries (buffer beg end &rest files)
   "Insert the text from BUFFER between BEG and END.