@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 2004-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@c
@c This file is included either in vc-xtra.texi (when producing the
For example, suppose the first line of @file{ChangeLog} is dated
1999-04-10, and that the only check-in since then was by Nathaniel
Bowditch to @file{rcs2log} on 1999-05-22 with log entry @samp{Ignore
-log messages that start with `#'.}. Then @kbd{C-x v a} inserts this
+log messages that start with '#'.}. Then @kbd{C-x v a} inserts this
@file{ChangeLog} entry:
@iftex
@group
1999-05-22 Nathaniel Bowditch <nat@@apn.org>
- * rcs2log: Ignore log messages that start with `#'.
+ * rcs2log: Ignore log messages that start with '#'.
@end group
@end smallexample
@iftex
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
+Prompt for two file names, @var{var} and @var{old}, rename them in the
working tree, and schedule the renaming for committing.
@end table
and hg) have a native tag facility, and VC uses it where available;
those tags will be visible even when you bypass VC.
- In a file-oriented VCS, when you rename a registered file you need
-to rename its master along with it; the command @code{vc-rename-file}
-will do this automatically. If you are using SCCS, you must also
-update the records of the tag, to mention the file by its new name
-(@code{vc-rename-file} does this, too). An old tag that refers to a
-master file that no longer exists under the recorded name is invalid;
-VC can no longer retrieve it. It would be beyond the scope of this
-manual to explain enough about RCS and SCCS to explain how to update
-the tags by hand. Using @code{vc-rename-file} makes the tag remain
-valid for retrieval, but it does not solve all problems. For example,
-some of the files in your program probably refer to others by name.
-At the very least, the makefile probably mentions the file that you
-renamed. If you retrieve an old tag, the renamed file is retrieved
-under its new name, which is not the name that the makefile expects.
-So the program won't really work as retrieved.
+ In file-based version control systems, when you rename a registered
+file you need to rename its master along with it; the command
+@code{vc-rename-file} will do this automatically
+@iftex
+(@pxref{VC Delete/Rename,,,emacs, the Emacs Manual}).
+@end iftex
+@ifnottex
+(@pxref{VC Delete/Rename}).
+@end ifnottex
+If you are using SCCS, you must also update the records of the tag, to
+mention the file by its new name (@code{vc-rename-file} does this,
+too). An old tag that refers to a master file that no longer exists
+under the recorded name is invalid; VC can no longer retrieve it. It
+would be beyond the scope of this manual to explain enough about RCS
+and SCCS to explain how to update the tags by hand. Using
+@code{vc-rename-file} makes the tag remain valid for retrieval, but it
+does not solve all problems. For example, some of the files in your
+program probably refer to others by name. At the very least, the
+makefile probably mentions the file that you renamed. If you retrieve
+an old tag, the renamed file is retrieved under its new name, which is
+not the name that the makefile expects. So the program won't really
+work as retrieved.
@node Version Headers
@subsubsection Inserting Version Control Headers
only about @code{vc-cvs-stay-local}, but everything applies to
@code{vc-stay-local} as well.
- If @code{vc-cvs-stay-local} is @code{t} (the default), VC determines
-the version control status of each file using only the entry in the
-local CVS subdirectory and the information returned by previous CVS
-commands. As a consequence, if you have modified a file and somebody
-else has checked in other changes, you will not be notified of the
-conflict until you try to commit.
+ If @code{vc-cvs-stay-local} is @code{only-file} (the default), VC
+determines the version control status of each file using only the
+entry in the local CVS subdirectory and the information returned by
+previous CVS commands. As a consequence, if you have modified a file
+and somebody else has checked in other changes, you will not be
+notified of the conflict until you try to commit.
If you change @code{vc-cvs-stay-local} to @code{nil}, VC queries the
remote repository @emph{before} it decides what to do in
@end ifnottex
except for the additional dot (@samp{.}) after the version. The
relevant VC commands can use both kinds of version backups. The main
-difference is that the ``manual'' version backups made by @kbd{C-x v
+difference is that the manual version backups made by @kbd{C-x v
~} are not deleted automatically when you commit.
@cindex locking (CVS)