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Should be easier to start using vc-dwim

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: bug-vc-dwim <at> gnu.org
Subject: Should be easier to start using vc-dwim
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 14:38:18 -0700

Currently it's a pain to start using vc-dwim, as one must copy some text 
from the output of "vc-dwim --help" into a .profile or suchlike file 
somewhere (where exactly?), and then run the command 
"git-changelog-symlink-init", and I can't ever remember the name of that 
command and I'm often logged in somewhere where I don't have the command 
in my .profile anyway.

I suggest extending vc-dwim so that "vc-dwim --init" has the same effect 
that "git-changelog-symlink-init" does.  This would simplify getting 
started.

This topic recently came up on the Emacs developer in a thread starting 
at here:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-04/msg00760.html

Message #8 received at 20341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 20341 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Bug-vc-dwim] bug#20341: Should be easier to start using vc-dwim
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:59:10 -0700

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On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> Currently it's a pain to start using vc-dwim, as one must copy some text
> from the output of "vc-dwim --help" into a .profile or suchlike file
> somewhere (where exactly?), and then run the command
> "git-changelog-symlink-init", and I can't ever remember the name of that
> command and I'm often logged in somewhere where I don't have the command in
> my .profile anyway.
>
> I suggest extending vc-dwim so that "vc-dwim --init" has the same effect
> that "git-changelog-symlink-init" does.  This would simplify getting
> started.
>
> This topic recently came up on the Emacs developer in a thread starting at
> here:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-04/msg00760.html

Hi Paul,

I like that idea, and have written a first-cut implementation.  See
attached patch.
It does the job, but I have not yet updated documentation or added tests.

[0001-new-option-initialize.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

Message #13 received at 20341-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 20341-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Bug-vc-dwim] bug#20341: Should be easier to start using vc-dwim
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 18:14:45 -0700

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
>> Currently it's a pain to start using vc-dwim, as one must copy some text
>> from the output of "vc-dwim --help" into a .profile or suchlike file
>> somewhere (where exactly?), and then run the command
>> "git-changelog-symlink-init", and I can't ever remember the name of that
>> command and I'm often logged in somewhere where I don't have the command in
>> my .profile anyway.
>>
>> I suggest extending vc-dwim so that "vc-dwim --init" has the same effect
>> that "git-changelog-symlink-init" does.  This would simplify getting
>> started.
>>
>> This topic recently came up on the Emacs developer in a thread starting at
>> here:
>>
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-04/msg00760.html
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> I like that idea, and have written a first-cut implementation.  See
> attached patch.
> It does the job, but I have not yet updated documentation or added tests.

Thanks again for the suggestion.
I've added that new option. The change was pushed to this commit:
  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/vc-dwim.git/commit/?id=722a0a54d94e8
I also pushed two other maintenance-style changes.

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