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[PATCH] Option for vc-delete-file to keep file on disk

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Message #28 received at 52508 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 52507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ashwin Kafle <ashwin <at> ashwink.com.np>,
 52508 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#52508: [PATCH] Option for vc-delete-file to keep file on disk
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:17:00 +0200

Reading this bug report, it's unclear what the conclusion is.  I agree
that it would be useful to have a command to remove a file from the VC
without deleting it.  But I don't think the proposed implementation is
safe, because it only works with git -- and in other VCs, doing `C-u M-x
vc-delete-file' would continue to delete the file, contrary to what the
doc string says.

Dmitry suggested to alter the interface, but that makes for awkward
compatibility.

Perhaps this should be a new command instead?  That'd be less confusing,
I think.  `M-x vc-remove-file', for instance.

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