GNU bug report logs - #22083
25.0.50; hg: adding tag enhances the rev, modeline does not reflect

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Reported by: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 13:53:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.0.50

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 22083 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, oub <at> mat.ucm.es
Subject: bug#22083: 25.0.50; hg: adding tag enhances the rev, modeline does not reflect
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:27:22 +0200

> Cc: 22083 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, oub <at> mat.ucm.es
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 13:41:17 +0200
> 
> On 12/04/2015 10:55 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > A file
> > under Git shows me a (silly, IMO) "Git-BRANCH_NAME" string that tells
> > absolutely nothing about the current revision.
> 
> IMO, knowing the current branch is more useful than knowing the current 
> revision.

Suit yourself, but (a) it's different from every other VCS supported
by VC, and (b) every Git expert always tells me that the branch is not
important at all in Git.
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