GNU bug report logs - #17970
log-edit creates unwanted ChangeLog buffers

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Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 02:36:02 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version 24.3.92

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 17970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17970: log-edit creates unwanted ChangeLog buffers
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:41:35 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Perhaps log-edit-changelog-entries should not bother visiting
>> non-existent files.
>
> That wouldn't be TRT when starting a new repository, or a new
> directory in an existing one.

What benefit is there to vc-next-action creating empty ChangeLog buffers
in such cases?

> In addition, if the ignore file mentions ChangeLog, the command could
> deduce automatically what is TRT.

(Then we need an ignore-file parser.)
Why would you have an unversioned ChangeLog, and why would this matter
to vc-next-action?
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