Re: VC commit missing ChangeLog message

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:

  > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:25:13 -0500 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 
  > 
  > >> My normal work flow is:
  > >> 1) make changes
  > >> 2) `C-x 4 a' to make a ChangeLog entry
  > >> 3) `C-x v d' to do a commit with vc
  > 
  > >> The problem is that the commit message doesn't get the ChangeLog entry I
  > >> just made.  This used to happen with the PCL-CVS package and I miss the
  > >> functionality very much.
  > 
  > SM> C-c C-a from within the *VC-log* buffer will fetch the ChangeLog entry
  > SM> you just wrote.
  > 
  > I wonder if it could:
  > 
  > 1) always be called on opening the *VC-log* buffer, since it's harmless

It could and it should, just nobody has done the work yet to do it...
If you are interested, it can be done `vc-checkin' by initializing the
`initial-contents' parameter before the call to `vc-start-log-entry'.