GNU bug report logs - #21383
Static revisions in vc-working-revision

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jonathan H <pythonnut <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:47:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #67 received at 21383-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 21383-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jonathan H <pythonnut <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#21383: Static revisions in vc-working-revision
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:07:32 -0400

> We err on the side of speed currently, instead of correctness. The file
> properties are invalidated during certain operations, like saving or
> reverting the buffer.

Also VC was designed when revisions were per-file, and the way we
extended it is to say that it's OK to have an out-of-date revision
number for a given file, if that file's content is the same in the
current revision.


        Stefan
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