From 5906418b5b627245dc79137bbf2b41c59b6ba211 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 23:37:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] More fixes for the Emacs manual * doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi (Customizing VC): Update the list of backends. * doc/emacs/maintaining.texi (Version Control): Add SRC to the list of VCS. Remove the description of vc-state-refresh. (Version Control Systems): Update the description of CVS. (VC Change Log): Amend the list of VCS that don't support vc0print-root-log. (VCS Changesets, VCS Repositories, Advanced C-x v v) (VC Change Log): Mention SRC with RCS where appropriate. (VC Directory Commands): More accurate description of vc-dir-hide-up-to-date. Suggested by Michael Albinus in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org. --- doc/emacs/maintaining.texi | 57 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi | 7 +++-- 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi index 1234db84b2f..e806b270f69 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ changed. The Emacs version control interface is called @dfn{VC}@. VC commands work with several different version control systems; currently, it supports Bazaar, CVS, Git, Mercurial, Monotone, RCS, -SCCS/CSSC, and Subversion. Of these, the GNU project distributes CVS, -RCS, and Bazaar. +SRC, SCCS/CSSC, and Subversion. Of these, the GNU project distributes +CVS, RCS, and Bazaar. VC is enabled automatically whenever you visit a file governed by a version control system. To disable VC entirely, set the customizable @@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ current buffer, use the command @code{vc-refresh-state}. This command is useful when you perform version control commands outside Emacs (e.g., from the shell prompt), or if you put the buffer's file under a different version control system, or remove it from version control -entirely. A companion command @code{vc-state-refresh} does the same, -but does not consider switching the version control system or removal -from VC. +entirely. @menu * Introduction to VC:: How version control works in general. @@ -185,12 +183,12 @@ everything you can do with RCS can be done through VC. @cindex CVS @item -CVS is the free version control system that was, until recently (circa -2008), used by the majority of free software projects. Nowadays, it -is slowly being superseded by newer systems. CVS allows concurrent -multi-user development either locally or over the network. Unlike -newer systems, it lacks support for atomic commits and file -moving/renaming. VC supports all basic editing operations under CVS. +CVS is the free version control system that was, until circa 2008, +used by the majority of free software projects. Since then, it has +been superseded by newer systems. CVS allows concurrent multi-user +development either locally or over the network. Unlike newer systems, +it lacks support for atomic commits and file moving/renaming. VC +supports all basic editing operations under CVS. @cindex SVN @cindex Subversion @@ -322,13 +320,14 @@ possible. @subsubsection Changeset-based vs File-based Version Control @cindex file-based version control - On SCCS, RCS, CVS, and other early version control systems, version -control operations are @dfn{file-based}: each file has its own comment -and revision history separate from that of all other files. Newer -systems, beginning with Subversion, are @dfn{changeset-based}: a -commit may include changes to several files, and the entire set of -changes is handled as a unit. Any comment associated with the change -does not belong to a single file, but to the changeset itself. + On SCCS, RCS, CVS, and other early version control systems (and also +in SRC), version control operations are @dfn{file-based}: each file +has its own comment and revision history separate from that of all +other files. Newer systems, beginning with Subversion, are +@dfn{changeset-based}: a commit may include changes to several files, +and the entire set of changes is handled as a unit. Any comment +associated with the change does not belong to a single file, but to +the changeset itself. @cindex changeset-based version control Changeset-based version control is more flexible and powerful than @@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ all of it. @cindex distributed version control Early version control systems were designed around a @dfn{centralized} model in which each project has only one repository -used by all developers. SCCS, RCS, CVS, and Subversion share this +used by all developers. SCCS, RCS, CVS, Subversion, and SRC share this kind of model. One of its drawbacks is that the repository is a choke point for reliability and efficiency. @@ -526,7 +525,7 @@ desired log entry for the new revision, followed by @kbd{C-c C-c} to commit. @xref{Log Buffer}. If committing to a shared repository, the commit may fail if the -repository that has been changed since your last update. In that +repository has been changed since your last update. In that case, you must perform an update before trying again. On a decentralized version control system, use @kbd{C-x v +} (@pxref{Pulling / Pushing}) or @kbd{C-x v m} (@pxref{Merging}). @@ -609,7 +608,7 @@ if the fileset can be managed by more than one version control system, and Emacs fails to detect the correct one. @item -Otherwise, if using CVS or RCS, you can specify a revision ID. +Otherwise, if using CVS, RCS or SRC, you can specify a revision ID. If the fileset is modified (or locked), this makes Emacs commit with that revision ID@. You can create a new branch by supplying an @@ -969,9 +968,9 @@ file listed on the current line. @findex log-view-toggle-entry-display @kbd{C-x v L} (@code{vc-print-root-log}) displays a @file{*vc-change-log*} buffer showing the history of the entire -version-controlled directory tree (RCS, SCCS, and CVS do not support -this feature). With a prefix argument, the command prompts for the -maximum number of revisions to display. +version-controlled directory tree (RCS, SCCS, CVS, and SRC do not +support this feature). With a prefix argument, the command prompts +for the maximum number of revisions to display. The @kbd{C-x v L} history is shown in a compact form, usually showing only the first line of each log entry. However, you can type @@ -1048,7 +1047,7 @@ if you set the value to zero, that removes the limit. You can also increase the number of revisions shown in an existing @file{*vc-change-log*} buffer by clicking on the @samp{Show 2X entries} or @samp{Show unlimited entries} buttons at the end of the -buffer. However, RCS, SCCS, and CVS do not support this feature. +buffer. However, RCS, SCCS, CVS, and SRC do not support this feature. @kindex C-x v h @findex vc-region-history @@ -1189,7 +1188,7 @@ but is not yet committed, while @file{temp.txt} is not under version control (@pxref{Registering}). The @samp{*} characters next to the entries for @file{README} and -@file{src/main.c} indicate that the user has marked out these files as +@file{src/main.c} indicate that the user has marked these files as the current VC fileset @iftex (see below). @@ -1280,7 +1279,7 @@ point is on a directory entry, unmark all files in that directory tree files and directories. @item x -Hide files with @samp{up-to-date} status +Hide files with @samp{up-to-date} or @samp{ignored} status (@code{vc-dir-hide-up-to-date}). With a prefix argument, hide items whose state is that of the item at point. @end table @@ -1352,7 +1351,7 @@ Switch to a branch (@code{vc-retrieve-tag}). @xref{Switching Branches}. context menu invoked by @kbd{mouse-2}. Furthermore, some VC backends use the menu to provide extra backend-specific commands. For example, Git and Bazaar allow you to manipulate @dfn{stashes} and @dfn{shelves} -(where are a way to temporarily put aside uncommitted changes, and +(which are a way to temporarily put aside uncommitted changes, and bring them back at a later time). @node Branches @@ -1517,7 +1516,7 @@ is shown in a separate buffer. prompts for a branch ID, or a pair of revision IDs (@pxref{Switching Branches}); then it finds the changes from that branch, or the changes between the two revisions you specified, and merges those changes into -the current VC fileset. If you just type @key{RET}, Emacs simply +the current VC fileset. If you just type @kbd{@key{RET}}, Emacs simply merges any changes that were made on the same branch since you checked the file out. diff --git a/doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi b/doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi index 7a4b8e47019..35dd6d1235a 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/vc1-xtra.texi @@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ Prompt for a file name, delete the file from the working tree, and schedule the deletion for committing. @item M-x vc-rename-file -Prompt for two file names, @var{var} and @var{old}, rename them in the -working tree, and schedule the renaming for committing. +Prompt for two file names, @var{old} and @var{new}, rename them in the +working tree, and schedule the renaming for committing. The @var{old} +file defaults to the current buffer's file name if it is under VC. @end table @findex vc-delete-file @@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ with the file's version control type. @vindex vc-handled-backends The variable @code{vc-handled-backends} determines which version control systems VC should handle. The default value is @code{(RCS CVS -SVN SCCS Bzr Git Hg Mtn Arch)}, so it contains all the version systems +SVN SCCS SRC Bzr Git Hg Mtn)}, so it contains all the version systems that are currently supported. If you want VC to ignore one or more of these systems, exclude its name from the list. To disable VC entirely, set this variable to @code{nil}. -- 2.39.2