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25.0.50; per-project *vc-change-log* buffers

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From: Matthias Meulien <orontee <at> gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>, 21555 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Subject: bug#21555: Subject: Re: bug#21555: 25.0.50; per-project *vc-change-log* buffers
Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 09:06:28 +0200

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Le dim. 25 mai 2025 à 08:38, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> a écrit :

> >>>> However, all calls to vc-print-log use this same buffer.
> >>>> This seems to be hard-coded in vc.el (vc-print-log-internal).
> >>>>
> >>>> I would like to be able to make it so that each use of "l" from a
> >>>> *vc-dir* buffer gets its own *vc-change-log* buffer; and that "C-x v
> l"
> >>>> in some source file gets a separate buffer.  This way the per-project
> >>>> change-log buffers could be relatively long-lived; as it is
> recomputing
> >>>> the data in them takes much too long.
> >>>
> >>> You can already do something similar by using C-x x u to rename the
> >>> *vc-change-log* buffer, and then 'g' inside it works to regenerate it.
> >>
> >> Or (add-hook 'log-view-mode-hook 'rename-uniquely)
> >
> > Note that while browsing a change log buffer, when one runs the command
> > `log-view-diff', the log buffer is not killed.
> >
> > For people like me who makes an heavy use of "C-x v l", "C-x v L" and "l"
> > in *vc-dir* buffers, it leads to have hundreds of *vc-change-log* buffers
> > at the end of the day…
>
> Indeed, hundreds of *vc-change-log* buffers is what I have.
> But not a problem.  On the contrary, preserved buffers often help
> to check for their previous content.
>

Ok, I'll try to live with that.

For the record I attach two patchs that enable per projet change log and
diff buffers.

-- 
Matthias

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[0001-Per-project-change-log-buffer.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0002-Per-project-vc-diff-buffer.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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