# HG changeset patch
# User Andr��� Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>
# Date 1003752809 0
# Node ID 55d912b5d0cc76f28f3f94b3bab2a6c45da327d7
# Parent  1e1baaa720e5d7be39bc415ae1389ecc1d487210
(vc-diff-switches): Doc rewritten.

diff -r 1e1baaa720e5 -r 55d912b5d0cc lisp/vc.el
--- a/lisp/vc.el	Mon Oct 22 11:06:39 2001 +0000
+++ b/lisp/vc.el	Mon Oct 22 12:13:29 2001 +0000
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ;; Maintainer: Andre Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>
 ;; Keywords: tools
 
-;; $Id: vc.el,v 1.313 2001/10/21 23:31:45 spiegel Exp $
+;; $Id: vc.el,v 1.314 2001/10/22 07:54:03 spiegel Exp $
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -486,8 +486,11 @@
 
 (defcustom vc-diff-switches nil
   "*A string or list of strings specifying switches for diff under VC.
-There is also an option vc-BACKEND-diff-switches for each BACKEND that
-VC can handle."
+When running diff under a given BACKEND, VC concatenates the values of
+`diff-switches', `vc-diff-switches', and `vc-BACKEND-diff-switches' to
+get the switches for that command.  Thus, `vc-diff-switches' should
+contain switches that are specific to version control, but not
+specific to any particular backend."
   :type '(choice (const :tag "None" nil)
 		 (string :tag "Argument String")
 		 (repeat :tag "Argument List"