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

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Package: emacs;

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 #40 received at 17970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 17970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17970: log-edit creates unwanted ChangeLog buffers
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 23:09:02 -0400

>> 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.

Of course it's correct.  You misunderstand the purpose of
log-edit-changelog-entries: it's not there to fill the ChangeLog but to
extract pre-existing text from it to fill the *VC-Log* buffer.
So if the file doesn't exist, there's nothing to get from it and we
might as well not visit the file.


        Stefan
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