GNU bug report logs - #9745
Restore vc-initial-comment functionality for VCS that support it

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Chris Carlson <cwcarlson <at> cox.net>

Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:08:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 23.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 9745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chris Carlson <cwcarlson <at> cox.net>
Subject: bug#9745: 23.3; vc-register does not prompt for initial comment
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:39:40 -0400

Dan Nicolaescu wrote:

> Modern VCS do not have an initial message when adding a file (just RCS
> did that -- maybe SCCS too), so that feature has been removed. 

The variable is still defined (not even obsolete), still mentioned in
the manual, and there is nothing in NEWS or ChangeLog that says
"vc-initial-comment removed", so this is at least a doc bug.
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