GNU bug report logs - #4422
diff-switches is a bad idea

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:25:05 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, moreinfo

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 4422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rrt <at> sc3d.org
Subject: bug#4422: diff-switches is a bad idea
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:16:35 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: rrt <at> sc3d.org,  4422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:47:12 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I think the current situation is reasonable, since to resolve it the
> > user could customize vc-diff-switches or vc-cvs-diff-switches to t to
> > avoid this problem.
> 
> Perhaps we should mention this in the diff-switches doc string?  That'd
> make it more obvious for the user how to resolve the problem.

Fine with me, thanks.
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