Re: Messy VC checkouts

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> I mean files like "thesis.tex.~1.3.~" in the same directory as your
>>> working copies.
>> 
>> I think you are confused.  Those aren't created by the version control
>> system.  They are auxiliary files Emacs creates (or has the version
>> control system create) for its own operation when it can't perform them
>> otherwise.

> Speaking of messy directories under VC, is there any way instead of
> writing those files to disk they could be loaded directly into a buffer
> so as not to clutter the checkout? Perhaps they could be checked out
> into a temporary file first?

> If this option doesn't currently exist in VC, how difficult would it be
> to add?

It would be a change in behavior for VC, but that's indeed what I do in
PCL-CVS: file revisions are opened in a buffer with buffer-file-name set
to a value similar to VC's but the buffer is not saved, so the file
doesn't exist.  You can create it by saving the buffer.


        Stefan