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29.0.50; Support sending patches from VC directly

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From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, 57400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ane <at> iki.fi, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#57400: 29.0.50; Support sending patches from VC directly
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 15:15:02 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
>> Cc: juri <at> linkov.net,  rpluim <at> gmail.com,  57400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  ane <at> iki.fi
>> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 11:44:58 +0000
>> 
>> The function does accept everything that "git name-rev" accepts, after
>> all it just passes commit to the subcommand.  What FORCE does is
>> restrict what "git name-rev" response is accepted to be returned by
>> `vc-git-symbolic-commit'.
>
> Ah, so this is what I was missing...
>
> Then how about
>
>    If the optional argument FORCE is non-nil, the returned value is
>    allowed to include revision specifications like \"master~8\"
>    (the 8th parent of the commit currently pointed to by the master
>    branch), otherwise such revision specifications are rejected, and
>    the function returns nil.

Sounds good to me.

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