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Restore vc-initial-comment functionality for VCS that support it

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Message #21 received at 9745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>, 9745 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Chris Carlson <cwcarlson <at> cox.net>
Subject: Re: bug#9745: Restore vc-initial-comment functionality for VCS that
 support it
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 19:46:56 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> 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.

commit 0ef87d60054fc1660413772cfb5598d2fb8a5fe5
Author:     Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
AuthorDate: Fri Mar 23 20:31:53 2018 -0400

    * lisp/vc/vc.el (vc-initial-comment): Remove var unused since 23.2.

The variable was finally removed a couple of years ago, so I'm closing
this bug report.  (If somebody wants this functionality brought back, a
new wishlist bug report can be opened, but I can't recall seeing anybody
asking for that.)

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