GNU bug report logs - #50643
28.0.50; [feature request] vc command for branch creation, with customization by prefix arg

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 50344 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 50643 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
Subject: bug#50643: bug#50344: C-x v keybinding for vc-print-branch-log
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 19:53:42 +0300

On 20.09.2021 09:49, Juri Linkov wrote:
>>> It makes sense to create a copy where the meaning of its arg
>>> is reversed, so by default it will operate on branches,
>>> and only with C-u on tags.
>> Yup.
>>
>> But I also wonder if reading START-POINT with completion (with current
>> branch name as default) will make sense for creating tags in all backends
>> too.
> You mean tag completion for creating tags?  Maybe.

Branch completion. To specify which branch tip to tag.

This seems like an unusual thing to need to do, but if we keep branch 
and tag creation on the same command, and add START-POINT completion by 
default, it might become the expected behavior in both scenarios, no?

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