# HG changeset patch # User Eric S. Raymond # Date 1192854266 0 # Node ID 21825793865e998830b2f19f754ff68e31dce9b2 # Parent 4aae3cf6a1d99a0348c2d2eadad8024b5c8ac569 Disambiguate two slightly different uses of the term 'filesets'. diff -r 4aae3cf6a1d9 -r 21825793865e doc/emacs/ChangeLog --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog Sat Oct 20 03:56:39 2007 +0000 +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog Sat Oct 20 04:24:26 2007 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2007-10-20 Eric S. Raymond + + * files.texi: Disambiguate two slightly different uses of the term + 'filesets'. + 2007-10-18 Martin Rudalics * trouble.texi (Quitting): Fix typo. diff -r 4aae3cf6a1d9 -r 21825793865e doc/emacs/files.texi --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi Sat Oct 20 03:56:39 2007 +0000 +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi Sat Oct 20 04:24:26 2007 +0000 @@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ systems, such as CVS and RCS. It supports different transports for interoperating between users, offline operations, and it has good branching and merging features. It also supports atomic commits of -fileset changes, and keeps a history of file renaming and moving. VC +filesets, and keeps a history of file renaming and moving. VC does not support all operations provided by GNU Arch, so you must sometimes invoke it from the command line, or use a specialized module. @@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ @cindex git git is a version-control system invented by Linus Torvalds to support Linux kernel development. Like GNU Arch, it supports atomic -commits of fileset changes, and keeps a history of file renaming and +commits of filesets, and keeps a history of file renaming and moving. One significant feature of git is that it largely abolishes the notion of a single centralized repository; instead, each working copy of a git project is its own repository and coordination is done @@ -1638,6 +1638,11 @@ a group. Now it does, which enables VC to drive changeset-based version-control systems. + Emacs uses the concept of named filesets elsewhere +(@pxref{Filesets}) to allow you to view and visit files in functional +groups. Unlike those, VC filesets are not named and don't persist +across sessions. + @node Doing The Right Thing @subsubsection Performing the next operation in the development cycle @@ -3061,6 +3066,11 @@ a fileset. These commands are also available from the @samp{Filesets} menu, where each existing fileset is represented by a submenu. + Emacs uses the concept of a fileset elsewhere @pxref{Version +Control} to describe sets of files to be treated as a group for +purposes of version-control operations. Those filesets are +unnamed and do not persist across Emacs essions. + @ignore arch-tag: 768d32cb-e15a-4cc1-b7bf-62c00ee12250 @end ignore