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#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>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #17 received at 17970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 17970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 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?
To let me _create_ one.
> > In addition, if the ignore file mentions ChangeLog, the command could
> > deduce automatically what is TRT.
>
> (Then we need an ignore-file parser.)
With one file name per line, I wouldn't call it a "parser", really.
> Why would you have an unversioned ChangeLog
I didn't say I would. What I meant was that if ChangeLog is in the
ignore file, that's a sign that a non-existent ChangeLog file should
not be visited, since this repository doesn't want such files.
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