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27.0.50; There should be an easier way to look at a specific vc commit

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Message #164 received at 38044 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, 38044 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#38044: 27.0.50; There should be an easier way to look at a
 specific vc commit
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:38:27 +0200

> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, 38044 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>  juri <at> linkov.net
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:26:42 +0200
> 
> >> Why? All VCSes support printing the commit message.
> > 
> > Because (see above) that's the best description of a revision with
> > those VCSes.  And because adding what 'log' produces to that would
> > mean an additional delay with those VCSes, which in this case is not
> > justified, IMO.
> 
> That's against the principles of VC, which is making a generic, unified 
> interface.

The interface is indeed the same, but the results aren't, because each
VCS produces different outputs.

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